NameTides

Kabir

Kabir was the #999 boys' name in the US in 2025 (227 babies), and #529 in England & Wales and #182 in Canada.

Kabir as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Kabir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandUS
Kabir as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#999 (227)#529 (73)#647 (4)#509 (6)#182 (188)
2024#940 (245)#479 (83)—#785 (3)#194 (176)
2023#1,019 (214)#651 (54)——#194 (167)
2022#974 (232)#492 (79)——#205 (166)
2021#837 (284)#592 (64)—#552 (5)#238 (147)
2020#863 (262)#551 (67)—#556 (5)#260 (128)
2019#885 (248)#663 (52)#701 (3)—#303 (108)
2018#998 (207)#763 (43)——#412 (72)
2017#1,141 (166)#818 (39)——#477 (60)
2016#1,096 (179)#631 (56)——#610 (44)
2015#1,152 (163)#719 (46)——#438 (67)
2014#1,362 (125)#781 (40)——#599 (45)
2013#1,878 (75)#976 (29)——#582 (46)
2012#1,676 (91)#866 (35)——#640 (38)
2011#2,203 (59)#999 (27)——#617 (40)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #837.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 3,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 850common

Next year

On its recent trend, Kabir is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 8,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 9,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Kabir by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #606ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #583NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #396NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #558CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #798VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,094TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Kabir (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14989

Kabir (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KabirCanadaBoys#182188
KabirEngland & WalesBoys#52973
KabirIrelandBoys#5096
KabirNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KabirScotlandBoys#6474
KabirUSBoys#999227