Fun Facts About the Name Jabbar
- 752 babies named Jabbar: U.S. records list 752 babies given the name Jabbar from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jabbar Mean?
Jabbar is an Arabic masculine name. It comes from the Arabic adjective jabbār (جَبَّار), built on the root j-b-r, whose basic senses are to set a broken bone, to mend or restore, and to force or compel. The pattern of jabbār is intensive, so the word describes someone who compels or whose power cannot be resisted, and also someone who repairs and sets things right. In Islamic tradition, al-Jabbār (الْجَبَّار) is one of the names of God, commonly rendered in English as "the Compeller" or "the Almighty" - the one whose will nothing can withstand. Applied to a human being, the same Arabic word can mean "tyrant" or "oppressor," so its force depends on whether it refers to God or to a person. The related name Jābir (جَابِر) is the active participle of the same root and means "one who mends or restores."
Jabbar Name History & Origins
The root j-b-r was in use in Arabic before Islam, and jabbār appears in the Quran both as a divine name and as an ordinary word. In 59:23 God is named al-Jabbār together with al-ʿAzīz and al-Mutakabbir. Elsewhere the plural jabbārīn describes a powerful or tyrannical people, as in 26:130, which shows how the word's tone shifts with its subject.
As a personal name, Jabbar belongs to the Muslim world. It appears most often in the theophoric compound ʿAbd al-Jabbār (عَبْد الْجَبَّار), "servant of the Compeller," which is written Abd al-Jabbar in Arabic, Abdoljabbār in Persian, and Abdul Jabbar in South Asian usage. The standalone form Jabbar is a given name and surname in Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, and it is used by Muslim communities in Southeast Asia. Turkish speakers use the form Cebbar. In the United States the compound is familiar through the basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who adopted the name in 1971.
How Popular is the Name Jabbar?
Jabbar recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1972. Its best rank was #918 in 1972.
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 | #11,199 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2023 | #12,972 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #11,416 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #8,435 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,037 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #11,305 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #9,134 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,124 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #11,262 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #9,970 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #8,405 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #7,746 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #13,003 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #13,068 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #9,122 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #8,575 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #8,563 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #7,290 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #8,280 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #12,132 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #9,312 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #5,131 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2002 | #7,945 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #4,190 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2000 | #8,555 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #5,798 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #6,009 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #6,858 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #3,599 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1995 | #6,116 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #4,634 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #3,902 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1992 | #3,669 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1991 | #3,526 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1990 | #4,062 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #5,864 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #3,422 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1987 | #3,259 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #5,056 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,091 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #2,474 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1983 | #3,305 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1982 | #2,465 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #2,618 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #1,924 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1979 | #2,503 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #1,890 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 1977 | #1,524 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 1976 | #2,456 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1975 | #1,765 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1974 | #1,763 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 1973 | #1,599 | 30 | 0.0019% |
| 1972 | #918 | 76 | 0.0047% |
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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