Jabbar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ja-BAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Jabbar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mighty, compeller”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Jabbar mean?
Arabic
“mighty, compeller”
Al-Jabbar, 'the Compeller', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam, hence the name Abdul-Jabbar.
Is Jabbar a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabbar 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 Jabbar 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 Jabbar, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 1972, with 76 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Jabbar in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabbar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,425 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 27 | #1,870 |
| 1977 | 37 | #1,515 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 76 | #917 |
Names like Jabbar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmad Umar Amir Muhammad Samir Raheem Zahir Abdullah Hamza Mustafa Ammar Khalid
Names related to Jabbar
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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, “Jabbar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabbar, updated 20 October 2026.