# Abdelkader (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abdelkader/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | 12,263 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |

## People named Abdelkader

- Abdelkader El Djezairi, Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
- Abdelkader Ghezzal, Algerian and French footballer
- Abdelkader Laïfaoui, Algerian footballer
- Abdelkader Horr, Algerian footballer
- Abdelkader Ben Bouali, French footballer (1912-1997)
- Abdelkader Ferhaoui, Algerian and French footballer and manager
- Abdelkader Chadi, Algerian boxer
- Abdelkader Messahel, Algerian politician and diplomat
- Abdelkader Benali, Dutch writer
- Abdelkader Fréha, Footballer (1942-2012)
- Abdelkader Belmokhtar, Algerian bicycle racer
- Abd al-Qadir ibn Saleh, Algerian politician (1941–2021)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.