How Many People Are Named Abubakar?
people named Abubakar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 360,913 people in the US has this name
Based on 957 babies named Abubakar in Social Security records from 1977 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
58 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of ABU BAKR used in western Africa.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Abubakar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Abubakar alive today is about 12 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Abubakar first appears in the records in 1977 and was given most often in 2017, to 58 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1977 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Abubakar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,269, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #3,241.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,241 |
| Best rank | #2,269 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,865 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Abubakar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Abubakar were born in New York than in any other state: about 132 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Abubakar was given 20.7 times as often in Minnesota, 7.4 times in New York and 4.8 times in Ohio.
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