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Abu

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
Arabic
Father of a young camel; Abu Bakr was Mohammed the Prophet''s companion

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Abu

Pronunciation

a-bu

Famous People

Mohammed''s father-in-law, First Caliph to initiate the Islamic conquests

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2007 (rank #5202, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5608, 16 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202516
202410
20239
202210
20217
20208
20198
201816
201712
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #534, 70 births); most recent 2025 (rank #680, 53 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202553
202457
202345
202240
202143
202053
201937
201833
201747
201639

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #2672, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20235
20229
20215
20208
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163
20153
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #648, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence