Abubakar — #2646 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Abubakar

The Social Security Administration has registered 921 babies named Abubakar between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abubakar currently holds the #2646 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abubakar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Abubakar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Abubakar in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abubakar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 921 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.