Abubakar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Abubakar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Abubakar: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #617 in 2001, and it stood at #981 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#617highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1052
1998	#958
1999	#1850
2000	#1002
2001	#617
2002	#869
2003	#746
2004	#875
2005	#872
2006	#764
2007	#698
2008	#684
2009	#795
2010	#878
2011	#701
2012	#793
2013	#931
2014	#837
2015	#903
2016	#790
2017	#861
2018	#1013
2019	#825
2020	#921
2021	#1184
2022	#1029
2023	#942
2024	#981

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #617 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #981 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abubakar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Abubakar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	45	4 of 10	11
2000s	295	10 of 10	30
2010sbusiest	360	10 of 10	36
2020s	145	5 of 10	29

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 36 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Abubakar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #617 in England and Wales in 2001.

Abubakar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#981	31	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#942	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#921	31	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#903	33	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#931	31	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#793	40	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#701	45	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#795	36	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#684	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#698	40	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#872	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#746	28	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#869	20	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#617	30	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#958	15	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1052	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #617, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#981position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
45births registered in its largest year, 201125 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Abu-Bakr · #1050, 29y
Abubacarr · #3040, 13y
Abubaker · #1962, 21y
Abubakr · #765, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mariyah · #615, 29y
Milli · #619, 28y
Shani · #615, 29y
Mabli · #620, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Valencia · #617, 21y
Bronson · #616, 26y
Gustavo · #616, 22y
Kaelem · #616, 16y

Abubakar was ranked #617 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Abubakar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Abubakar without appearing here.

Abubakar moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1002 and #2501.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1002 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #617 and #1595.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #875 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #872 and #1617.
Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1168 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1052 and #1761.

Moved ahead of Abubakar

Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #795 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #878 and #625.
Tadhg Compare
In 2017 they stood at #861 and #943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1013 and #786.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #795 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #878 and #668.
Magnus Compare
In 2011 they stood at #701 and #718 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #793 and #625.

Moved the opposite way to Abubakar

Matheo Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abubakar went from #698 to #981 while Matheo went from #4333 to #1517.

Moved the same way as Abubakar

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abubakar went from #1850 to #981 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abubakar went from #1850 to #981 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abubakar went from #1850 to #981 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abubakar went from #1850 to #981 and Rune from #2943 to #1460.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #617 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abubakar

Abubakar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abubakar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Abubakar at a glance

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