Jabir
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Jabir is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Jabir mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jabir a girl's or a boy's name?
Jabir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jabir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Jabir, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Jabir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Jabir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Jabir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Jabir, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Jabir in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jabir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Jabir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Amir Umar Musa Abdullah Ahmed Zayaan Zayan Zayd Mustafa Rayyan
Names related to Jabir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Jabir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jabir, updated 20 October 2026.