Bakary
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAH-kah-ree
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Bakary is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Bakary mean?
Arabic: West African (Mandinka) form of Abu Bakr
West African short form of Abubakar (Abu Bakr), the first caliph after the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Bakary a girl's or a boy's name?
Bakary is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bakary in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Bakary, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Bakary than any year since 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Bakary in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
How popular is Bakary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Bakary, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Bakary in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bakary in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Bakary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Yahya Rafferty Bodhi Brody Rayan Abdullah Ayaan Rayyan Mustafa Arham Remy
Names related to Bakary
More Arabic names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bakary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bakary, updated 20 October 2026.