Boubacar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- boo-bah-KAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Boubacar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “father of the young camel”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Boubacar mean?
Arabic: West African form of Abu Bakr
“father of the young camel”
West African form of Abu Bakr, the Prophet Muhammad's companion and the first caliph.
Is Boubacar a girl's or a boy's name?
Boubacar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Boubacar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Boubacar, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Boubacar in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Boubacar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Nicknames for Boubacar
- Bouba
Names like Boubacar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Muhammad, Hamza, Nasir, Amir, Umar, Zayd, Ammar, Abdullah, Mustafa, Ahmir, Zamir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from 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, “Boubacar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/boubacar, updated 20 October 2026.