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Abrar

#4,250 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Virtuous

Abrar has been given to 1,119 babies in the U.S. since 1988. In 2025 it ranked #4,250 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 35 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 51% boys, 49% girls all-time.

Babies named Abrar, 2025

1 in 138,000

Abrar over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Abrar over time

In 2025, Abrar went to 44% girls and 56% boys.

19872025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Abrar: meaning, origin, and history

Virtuous

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abrar means

Abrar means “virtuous”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 567 boys were recorded with the name Abrar between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 35 in 2018; its best national rank was #3,239 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,650 in 2020 to #4,250 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,289 in 2015 to #4,250 in 2025.

In the United States, 552 girls were recorded with the name Abrar between 1987 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2017; its best national rank was #4,475 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,081 in 2020 to #6,117 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,266 in 2015 to #6,117 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Abrar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 138,000
24 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 71,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,250
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
95,747 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Abrar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abrar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abrars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abrar was born before 2014 — so the typical Abrar is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
85.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
567
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (199).

Is Abrar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−647
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−600
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,039
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.41×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
68.6%
Peak was 2018 (35)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,239
2018

Spellings of Abrar

Abrar is not the most common spelling — Brad is, with 50.8% against Abrar's 0.35%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Abrar is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Abrar was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 139,200 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abrar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Abrar is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Abrar was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 306,172 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abrar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abrar around the world

Where Abrar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,093
    in 2025
  • France
    2013–2025
    #6,252
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1998–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Abrar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,250
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 600
Best rank ever
#3,239
2018
Peak year
2018
35 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
567
Count in 2025
24

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#6,117
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 36
Best rank ever
#4,475
2017
Peak year
2017
31 that year
First recorded
1987
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
552
Count in 2025
19

Names similar to Abrar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Abrar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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