Fun Facts About the Name Kadir
- 536 babies named Kadir: U.S. records list 536 babies given the name Kadir from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kadir Mean?
Kadir is a masculine given name meaning "capable" or "powerful." It is the Turkish form of the Arabic name Qādir (قادر), formed from the root q-d-r, which deals with ability, power, measuring, and determining. The ordinary Arabic adjective qādir means "able" or "capable." In Islamic tradition, al-Qādir is one of the names of God, usually translated "the All-Powerful," so the name also carries that association; the literal sense of the word itself, however, is simply the adjective "capable, powerful." The same root produces qadar (fate, destiny) and qadr (measure, worth), but the given name corresponds to the adjective, not to those nouns.
Kadir Name History & Origins
The name descends from Arabic Qādir, which was used as a personal name in the Islamic world from an early period, alongside the compound ʿAbd al-Qādir ("servant of the All-Powerful"), which appears in Turkish as Abdülkadir. As Arabic naming practice spread with Islam, the bare name was taken into other languages and adapted to local sound patterns.
In Ottoman Turkish, Arabic Qādir became Kadir, and the name is used in Turkey and among Muslim communities in the Balkans, including Bosnia and Albania. Turkish also keeps kadir as a common word meaning "value, worth," and the same root names Kadir Gecesi, the Night of Power, when Muslims commemorate the beginning of the Quran's revelation. That religious usage belongs to the word and the holiday rather than to the personal name, but it keeps the root familiar in everyday Turkish.
How Popular is the Name Kadir?
Kadir 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 2019. Its best rank was #3,166 in 2019.
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 | #3,895 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #3,289 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2023 | #4,057 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #3,571 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #5,016 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #4,343 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #3,166 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2018 | #3,415 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #3,927 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #4,691 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #6,509 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #5,588 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #6,811 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #5,597 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #7,235 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #4,048 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2009 | #9,420 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #6,253 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #4,899 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #7,718 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #4,558 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #7,865 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,055 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #10,025 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #5,275 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #11,279 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #8,291 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #6,062 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #8,697 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #9,767 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #6,172 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #7,047 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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