Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Abubakar

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown
noble

Pronunciation

a-buba-kar, ab(u)-bakar

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #2269, 58 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3240, 36 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202536
202450
202343
202248
202145
202049
201941
201852
201758
201653

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 2011 (rank #702, 45 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1007, 30 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202530
202431
202332
202228
202123
202031
201937
201828
201736
201641

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 2023 (rank #2545, 9 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20239
20223
2021–
20206
20195
20184
20176
20164
2015–
20146

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 2009 (rank #626, 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