Kabir

What Kabir means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kabir yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kabir?

US: Rising: up from #1152 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #719 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 284 boys got the name (#837 that year). First in the US records in 1976.

How common

• About 1 in 7,525 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,725 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.5 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.4 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.31 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kabir is #999 in the US and #529 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kabir were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kabeer15 US · 13 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kabir

Boys

• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Leo#19“lion”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*

For a sister

• Emilia#45Variant of Emily, meaning “rival, emulator”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kabir’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.