boys:
746 births since 1972
#3841 (16th percentile)
overall:
746 births since 1972
#6993 (10th percentile)
The name Jabbar is the #6,993 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 746 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 9.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,841 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 746 births since 1972.
Jabbar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (first recorded for boys in 1972).
For boys, Jabbar reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 10.8% percentile (ranked #590) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 45 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Jabbar ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 6.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Jabbar".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Jabbar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.5% confident that Jabbar is pronounced as juh-BAHR, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is JUH-bahr, at 17.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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