Jabbar

Peak · boys
1972 · 76 births
Debut · boys
76 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
752
since 1972

Jabbar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Jabbar has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #917, 1972boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#10,6956
2024—
2023#12,2395
2022#10,8636
2021#8,1669
2020#8,7398
2019#10,8036
2018#8,8198
2017#9,6967
2016#10,7446
2015#9,5687
2014#8,1309
2013#7,53710
2012#12,2745
2011#12,2875
2010#8,8038
2009#8,3109
2008#8,3249
2007#7,09411
2006#7,9989
2005#11,4725
2004#8,9277
2003#5,03515
2002#7,6438
2001#4,12119
2000#8,2097
1999#5,65611
1998#5,84010
1997#6,6188
1996#3,54919
1995#5,9289
1994#4,53713
1993#3,81916
1992#3,60417
1991#3,46217
1990#3,97114
1989#5,6158
1988#3,35015
1987#3,20115
1986#4,8538
1985#5,7856
1984#2,43720
1983#3,23013
1982#2,42620
1981#2,56918
1980#1,91029
1979#2,46519
1978#1,87027
1977#1,51537
1976#2,41718
1975#1,75328
1974#1,74727
1973#1,58630
1972#91776
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five boys were named Jabbar! It came in at #917, and was given to 76 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2023–2024, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Jabbar is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Jabbar in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Jabbar
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,956 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #10,695)
  • Biggest drop: 669 spots in 1973
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 1972 at #917 (76 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1972
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,337
  • Highest: 1 in 21,337 boys born in 1972 were named Jabbar (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 34.8% of all boys named Jabbar (262) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s262#917 (1972)#1,784
1980s152#1,910 (1980)#3,538
1990s134#3,462 (1991)#4,698
2000s99#4,121 (2001)#7,713
2010s71#7,537 (2013)#9,866
2020s34#8,166 (2021)#10,140

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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