Jabir is a distinctive choice, ranked #1952 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Jabir in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1952
About the Name Jabir
Jabir is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 452 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1383 in 1999 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Jabir is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Jabir
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Jabir per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Jabir in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Jabir is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 452 places over the last five years to #1952 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Jabir is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Jabir include: Balla Jabir — Balla Gabir Kortokaila is a Sudanese footballer, who currently plays for Sudanese side El-Merreikh.; Jabir Abdihakim Ali — Jabir Abdihakim Ali is a Swedish footballer who plays as a forward for Vaasan Palloseura.; Abdulla Jabir — Abdulla Jabir is a Maldivian politician and the former MP of the Kaashidhoo Constituency of the 19th Parliament Session of People's Majlis..
Jabir does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Jabirs in the wild.
12
UK babies named Jabir (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 452 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Jabir
Likely around 1 other Jabir in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Jabir
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Abdulla Jabir is a Maldivian politician and the former MP of the Kaashidhoo Constituency of the 19th Parliament Session of People's Majlis. He was the chairman of the now defunct Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP).
Jabir Raza is an Indian historian, and a researcher in the history stream. Presently, he is retired, used to work as a professor at the department of history and prior to that was working as a lecturer at Department of History in Women's College of Aligarh Muslim University.
Abū Mūsā Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (Arabic: أَبو موسى جابِر بِن حَيّان, variously called al-Ṣūfī, al-Azdī, al-Kūfī, or al-Ṭūsī), died c. 806−816, is the purported author of a large number of works in Arabic, often called the Jabirian corpus.
Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAmr ibn Ḥarām al-Anṣārī (Arabic: جابر بن عبدالله بن عمرو بن حرام الأنصاري, died 697 CE/78 AH), Abu Muhammad and Abu Abd al-Rahman also wrote his nickname was a prominent companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and narrator of Hadith. Imami sources say Jabir was one of Ali's special and chosen companions and one of Hassan, Hussein, Zain al-Abidin and Muhammad Baqir's companions.
Abū Muḥammad Jābir ibn Aflaḥ was an Arab Muslim astronomer and mathematician from Seville, who was active in 12th century al-Andalus. His work Iṣlāḥ al-Majisṭi (Correction of the Almagest) influenced Islamic, Jewish, and Christian astronomers.