Kabir
- #999 for boys in 2025, 227 births
- Peak · boys
- 2021 · 284 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,601since 1976
Kabir over time
Rank among boys' names. Kabir has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #999 | 227 |
| 2024 | #940 | 245 |
| 2023 | #1,019 | 214 |
| 2022 | #974 | 232 |
| 2021 | #837 | 284 |
| 2020 | #863 | 262 |
| 2019 | #885 | 248 |
| 2018 | #998 | 207 |
| 2017 | #1,141 | 166 |
| 2016 | #1,096 | 179 |
| 2015 | #1,152 | 163 |
| 2014 | #1,362 | 125 |
| 2013 | #1,878 | 75 |
| 2012 | #1,676 | 91 |
| 2011 | #2,203 | 59 |
| 2010 | #2,187 | 60 |
| 2009 | #2,010 | 69 |
| 2008 | #2,237 | 59 |
| 2007 | #2,643 | 46 |
| 2006 | #2,449 | 50 |
| 2005 | #2,297 | 51 |
| 2004 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #2,674 | 37 |
| 2002 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #2,386 | 41 |
| 2000 | #2,674 | 34 |
| 1999 | #3,031 | 27 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #2,903 | 26 |
| 1996 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #3,971 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #3,731 | 12 |
| 1986 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Kabir! It came in at #4,935, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1986, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Kabir is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#396 · 1 in 1,988
- Washington#529 · 1 in 2,523
- California#558 · 1 in 3,250
- New York#583 · 1 in 3,247
- Illinois#606 · 1 in 3,303
Best ever in a state: #320 in New Jersey, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #396 | 20 | 1 in 1,988 |
| Washington | #529 | 13 | 1 in 2,523 |
| California | #558 | 54 | 1 in 3,250 |
| New York | #583 | 26 | 1 in 3,247 |
| Illinois | #606 | 15 | 1 in 3,303 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Virginia | #798 | 8 | 1 in 4,657 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,094 | 6 | 1 in 8,710 |
| Texas | #1,094 | 20 | 1 in 8,753 |
| Georgia | #1,216 | 6 | 1 in 8,370 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
| North Carolina | #1,277 | 5 | 1 in 10,294 |
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See more about Kabir
- 136 spots since 2020 (#863 → #999)
- 153 spots since 2015 (#1,152 → #999)
- Biggest jump: 143 spots in 2018
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2022
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2021 at #837 (284 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2018–2022
- Highest: 1 in 6,160 boys born in 2021 were named Kabir (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,525 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 40.7% of all boys named Kabir (1,464) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 29 | #3,857 (1978) | #4,554 |
| 1980s | 86 | #3,731 (1987) | #4,669 |
| 1990s | 178 | #2,903 (1997) | #3,764 |
| 2000s | 471 | #2,010 (2009) | #2,435 |
| 2010s | 1,373 | #885 (2019) | #1,458 |
| 2020s | 1,464 | #837 (2021) | #939 |
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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