Abubakar
#4,945 most common boys' name of all time · #12,208 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025
Rank among boys
#4,945
Rank overall
#12,208 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
957
Since 2016
475
Peak year
2017 #2,286
Best rank
#2,286 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 58/yr
Abubakar first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 36 | 36 | #3,281 |
| 2024 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,654 |
| 2023 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,927 |
| 2022 | — | 48 | 48 | #2,736 |
| 2021 | — | 45 | 45 | #2,795 |
| 2020 | — | 49 | 49 | #2,601 |
| 2019 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,974 |
| 2018 | — | 52 | 52 | #2,493 |
| 2017 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,286 |
| 2016 | — | 53 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 2015 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 2014 | — | 44 | 44 | #2,734 |
| 2013 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,544 |
| 2012 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,042 |
| 2011 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2010 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,763 |
| 2009 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,519 |
| 2008 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,066 |
| 2006 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,204 |
| 2005 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,550 |
| 2004 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,074 |
| 2003 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,049 |
| 2002 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,997 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,219 |
| 2000 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,152 |
| 1999 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,456 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,668 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,607 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,390 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,337 |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,924 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,221 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,054 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,657 |