Boys' name · since 1997

Badr

Badr has 276 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#11,092 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,722 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
276
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade

Badr currently ranks #12722 among boys' names in America, with 276 babies recorded since 1997.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Badr has been recorded 276 times among boys since 1997, currently ranked #12722 nationally and more common than 9% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.

  • #11,092 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,722 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 276 born since 1997
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Badr ranks #11,092 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,722 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 276 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.

#11,092 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,722 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
276
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%8.6%
Badr vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Badr's 276 recorded births place it above 75.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Badr compares

276 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Badr's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Badr Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 276 369 358,536
Peak-year births 24 34 22,252

Badr's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Badr's full recorded timeline at 2013, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Badr popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
24
Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
0510152025 1997200420092013201720212025 5

Badr by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (131 births, 47% of the file).

2010s was Badr's strongest decade.

131 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Badr births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 131 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Badr?
Since 1997, Social Security records show 276 babies named Badr. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #11,092 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,722 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2014, with 24 births.
Where does Badr sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Badr ranks #11,092 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,722 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Badr most popular?
Badr was most popular in the 2010s decade with 131 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Badr been used?
Badr has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 29 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Badr?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baden, Bader, Badal, Badhir, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Badr's data

  • Badr's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (131 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Badr: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Badr draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.