Fun Facts About the Name Quadir
- More than 1 thousand babies named Quadir: U.S. records list 1,964 babies given the name Quadir from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Quadir Mean?
Quadir is a spelling of the Arabic masculine name Qadir, meaning "capable" or "powerful." It comes from the Arabic root q-d-r, which covers measuring, determining, and having power or control over something. The adjective qadīr describes a person who is able, competent, or capable of acting. In Islamic tradition the same word appears as al-Qadīr, "the All-Powerful," one of the names of God. A closely related form, al-Qādir, with a long a, carries the similar sense "the Able." The spelling Quadir reflects a choice of how to render the Arabic qa in Latin letters rather than a separate origin.
Quadir Name History & Origins
Quadir and the more common spelling Qadir both go back to the Arabic adjective qadīr. Because short vowels are generally not written in Arabic script, the name is transliterated in several ways in Latin letters: Qadir, Qadeer, Quadir, and Kadir represent the same name, with Quadir appearing mostly in English-language and South Asian usage.
The name also forms the second element of compound names such as Abdul Qadir, "servant of the All-Powerful." The best-known bearer of that compound is Abdul Qadir al-Jilani, a Sufi teacher who lived in Baghdad in the eleventh and twelfth centuries and whose tomb there became an important site. Regnal names built on the same root were used by rulers; the Abbasid caliph who reigned from 991 to 1031 took the throne name al-Qadir bi'llah.
Through the spread of Arabic naming among Muslim communities, forms of the name are found from West Africa and the Arab world to Iran and South Asia. Quadir as an English spelling is also used by Muslim families in Britain and the United States.
How Popular is the Name Quadir?
Quadir 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 2002. Its best rank was #1,371 in 2002.
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 | #4,221 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2024 | #2,177 | 67 | 0.0039% |
| 2023 | #2,090 | 71 | 0.0042% |
| 2022 | #1,756 | 95 | 0.0054% |
| 2021 | #1,736 | 94 | 0.0054% |
| 2020 | #2,014 | 71 | 0.0041% |
| 2019 | #2,145 | 67 | 0.0037% |
| 2018 | #2,136 | 66 | 0.0036% |
| 2017 | #5,252 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #4,901 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #3,851 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2014 | #3,285 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2013 | #3,389 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2012 | #3,098 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2011 | #2,394 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 2010 | #2,184 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2009 | #1,683 | 94 | 0.0047% |
| 2008 | #2,023 | 70 | 0.0034% |
| 2007 | #2,131 | 64 | 0.0031% |
| 2006 | #1,914 | 71 | 0.0035% |
| 2005 | #1,767 | 75 | 0.0038% |
| 2004 | #1,590 | 83 | 0.0042% |
| 2003 | #1,418 | 94 | 0.0048% |
| 2002 | #1,371 | 97 | 0.0050% |
| 2001 | #1,950 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2000 | #1,914 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 1999 | #2,542 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1998 | #2,487 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #2,804 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1996 | #2,135 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1995 | #3,406 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #3,436 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 1993 | #3,470 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1992 | #2,903 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1991 | #3,297 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #5,706 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1989 | #3,576 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #2,929 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #5,328 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #7,543 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #4,403 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #2,940 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1981 | #3,568 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #5,367 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #4,316 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #4,981 | 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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