boys:
870 births since 1977
#3717 (19th percentile)
overall:
870 births since 1977
#6869 (11th percentile)
The name Abubakar is the #6,869 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 870 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 11.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,717 (18.9% percentile) for all time with 870 births since 1977.
Abubakar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (first recorded for boys in 1977). Birth data for Abubakar is available in 33 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Abubakar reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 5.8% percentile (ranked #861) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Abubakar ranks #873 for boys (4.2% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 80.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abubakar".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Abubakar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.3% confident that Abubakar is pronounced as uh-BUE-buh-KAHR, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-BUE-buh-kahr, at 20.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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