Jabar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-BAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Jabar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mighty, powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Jabar mean?
Arabic: spelling of Jabbar
“mighty, powerful”
Al-Jabbar, 'the Compeller', is a divine name, as in Abdul-Jabbar, 'servant of the Mighty'.
Is Jabar a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Jabar, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1977, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Jabar in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 19 | #2,197 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Jabar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad Umar Samir Amir Muhammad Raheem Zahir Abdullah Hamza Ammar Mustafa Khalid
Names related to Jabar
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, “Jabar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabar, updated 20 October 2026.