Kabeer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-BEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Kabeer is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “great”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Kabeer mean?
Arabic: spelling of Kabir
“great”
Kabir was a 15th-century Indian poet-saint whose verses are revered by Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
Is Kabeer a girl's or a boy's name?
Kabeer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kabeer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Kabeer, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Kabeer of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Kabeer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 90 boys in the UK were given Kabeer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #467, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Kabir 77
- Kabeer 13
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Kabeer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Kabeer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Kabeer, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kabeer in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 242 boys in the US were given Kabeer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #885, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
- Kabir 227
- Kabeer 15
Kabeer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
Names like Kabeer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Umar Musa Hamza Zayd Arham Rayyan Amir Abdullah Azaan
Other spellings of Kabeer
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, “Kabeer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kabeer, updated 20 October 2026.