# Kabir (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kabir/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,601 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,601 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,087, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 59 | 2,219 |
| 2012 | 91 | 1,684 |
| 2013 | 75 | 1,888 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,372 |
| 2015 | 163 | 1,154 |
| 2016 | 179 | 1,099 |
| 2017 | 166 | 1,145 |
| 2018 | 207 | 1,000 |
| 2019 | 248 | 885 |
| 2020 | 262 | 863 |
| 2021 | 284 | 839 |
| 2022 | 232 | 974 |
| 2023 | 214 | 1,021 |
| 2024 | 245 | 941 |
| 2025 | 227 | 999 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 999 |
| 2012 | 35 | 866 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 40 | 781 |
| 2015 | 46 | 719 |
| 2016 | 56 | 631 |
| 2017 | 39 | 818 |
| 2018 | 43 | 763 |
| 2019 | 52 | 663 |
| 2020 | 67 | 551 |
| 2021 | 64 | 592 |
| 2022 | 79 | 492 |
| 2023 | 54 | 651 |
| 2024 | 83 | 479 |
| 2025 | 73 | 529 |

## People named Kabir

- Kabir, 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
- Kabir Suman, Bengali singer

## 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.