Kadir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-deer
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Kadir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “capable, powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Kadir mean?
Arabic: Arabic Qadir, also used in Turkish
“capable, powerful”
Al-Qadir, 'the All-Powerful', is one of the names of God in Islam.
Is Kadir a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kadir in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Kadir, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 boys.
2025 had more boys named Kadir than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kadir in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Kadir in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Kadir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Kadir, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Kadir in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Kadir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #3,847 for this spelling alone.
Kadir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
Names like Kadir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Amir Umar Musa Zayaan Zayan Zayd Ahmed Abdullah Zahir Khalid
Other spellings of Kadir
Names related to Kadir
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, “Kadir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kadir, updated 20 October 2026.