Qadir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-deer
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,044 for boys
Qadir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “capable, powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,044th for boys in the US (19 babies).
What does Qadir mean?
Arabic
“capable, powerful”
Al-Qadir, 'the Capable', is one of the 99 names of God; Abdul Qadir Gilani founded the Qadiriyya Sufi order.
Is Qadir a girl's or a boy's name?
Qadir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Qadir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,044among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 90,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the US were named Qadir, making it the 5,044th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Qadir in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 boys in the US were given Qadir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,060, up from #5,044 for this spelling alone.
Qadir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Qadir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Hamza Zamir Amir Ahmir Samir Muhammad Nasir Nazir Zayd Ahmad Abdullah
Other spellings of Qadir
Names related to Qadir
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Qadir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/qadir, updated 20 October 2026.