Quadir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kwah-DEER
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Quadir is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “capable, powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Quadir mean?
Arabic: spelling of Qadir
“capable, powerful”
Al-Qadir, 'the Capable', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Quadir a girl's or a boy's name?
Quadir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quadir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Quadir, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,996th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Quadir than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Quadir in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quadir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,169 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 95 | #1,750 |
| 2021 | 94 | #1,721 |
| 2020 | 71 | #1,996 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,128 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,168 |
| 2009 | 94 | #1,664 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2007 | 64 | #2,117 |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,892 |
| 2005 | 75 | #1,749 |
| 2004 | 83 | #1,579 |
| 2003 | 94 | #1,408 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,354 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 55 | #1,891 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
Names like Quadir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Amir Nasir Samir Hamza Zamir Muhammad Ahmir Ahmad Jamir Nazir Abdullah
Names related to Quadir
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, “Quadir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quadir, updated 20 October 2026.