Khadir
Boy · KAH-deer · Arabic
Khadir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “capable, powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Khadir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Qadir or Kadir
“capable, powerful”
Usually a spelling of Qadir, from Al-Qadir, the All-Powerful, one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
- Say it
- KAH-deer
Is Khadir a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khadir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Khadir, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Khadir in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Khadir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Khadir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Khadir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Zamir Ahmir Hamza Amir Nasir Samir Nazir Zayd Muhammad Jamir Umar
Other spellings of Khadir
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