Fun Facts About the Name Bader
- 383 babies named Bader: U.S. records list 383 babies given the name Bader from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bader Mean?
Bader is an Arabic masculine name meaning "full moon." It is one of several Latin-alphabet spellings of the Arabic Badr (بدر), a word built on the root b-d-r, which is also the ordinary Arabic noun for the full moon - the phase when the moon is fully lit. "Full moon" is the literal sense of the word; the common reading of the moon as an image of radiance or beauty is a customary interpretation attached to the name, not part of its etymology.
The spellings Badr, Bader, and Bedr all represent this same Arabic word, and Turkish uses Bedir. The German-language surname Bader - an occupational name for a barber or bathhouse keeper - is a separate word that merely shares the spelling.
Bader Name History & Origins
Because badr is a common Arabic noun rather than a name drawn from a single story or saint, it has been used as a personal name in the Arabic-speaking world without depending on one famous bearer. Its best-known early association is geographical: Badr is a town in the Hejaz, southwest of Medina, where the Battle of Badr was fought in 624 between the Muslims of Medina and the Quraysh of Mecca. The battle is named for the place, and the place name and the personal name are the same Arabic word.
In the medieval Islamic world the name was often extended into the honorific Badr al-Dīn, "full moon of the religion." Bearers include Badr al-Jamali, the Armenian-born commander and vizier who governed Egypt for the Fatimids in the late eleventh century, and the Mamluk-period historian Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī.
Latin-alphabet renderings of the name vary with the transliteration conventions of different languages and regions, giving Badr, Bader, and Bedr. Turkish writes the name Bedir, and the Battle of Badr is known in Turkish as the Bedir Savaşı.
How Popular is the Name Bader?
Bader has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #4,252 in 1991.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,850 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #7,793 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #6,930 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #9,949 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #4,716 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #6,445 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #8,920 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #5,831 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #6,080 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #6,365 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #4,553 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #5,688 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2012 | #6,351 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #8,840 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #8,213 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #9,068 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #6,799 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #9,877 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #7,687 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #7,584 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #9,702 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #6,580 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2001 | #6,056 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #4,409 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #6,084 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #6,911 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #5,686 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,134 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #5,968 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #4,562 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #5,392 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #8,548 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #4,252 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #8,222 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1985 | #6,614 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,626 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #6,328 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #5,547 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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