UK boy's name
Abu-Bakr
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Abu-Bakr is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Abu-Bakr popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #2263, with 10 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2016, with 27 births.
This profile covers 374 England and Wales registrations across 29 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 37% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 374 living people in the UK are called Abu-Bakr. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Abu-Bakr ranked #2263 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 10 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2016, when 27 boys were registered as Abu-Bakr.
- • Abu-Bakr ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #711 in 2020.
- • About 374 living people in the UK are estimated to have Abu-Bakr as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#2263
2024
Births in 2024
10
Latest year
Peak year
2016
27 births
Estimated living
374
2026
Popularity
Abu-Bakr over time
The chart below shows babies named Abu-Bakr registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Abu-Bakr, the clearest high point is 2016. The latest England and Wales figure is 10 births in 2024, compared with 27 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Abu-Bakr by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Abu-Bakr was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1747 | 74 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1410 | 187 | 10 |
| 2000s | #1774 | 95 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2347 | 18 | 4 |
Geography
Where Abu-Bakr is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Abu-Bakr. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Abu-Bakr ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #711 in 2020.
Across the UK
Abu-Bakr in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#711 in 2020
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Abu-Bakr
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- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
Abu-Bakr: questions and answers
How popular is the name Abu-Bakr in the UK right now?
In 2024, Abu-Bakr was ranked #2263 for boys in England and Wales, with 10 births registered.
When was Abu-Bakr most popular?
The peak year on record was 2016, with 27 babies registered as Abu-Bakr in England and Wales.
How many people are called Abu-Bakr in the UK?
A total of 374 babies have been registered as Abu-Bakr across the 29 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Abu-Bakr most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Abu-Bakr ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #711 in 2020. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.