Boubacar
Boubacar is both a surname and a given name, which is a West African variant of Abu Bakr.
- Western African
Meaning & Origin of Boubacar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Boubacar is both a surname and a given name, which is a West African variant of Abu Bakr.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Western African
The Story of Boubacar
The earliest SSA record of Boubacar as a baby boy name dates back to 1997, when 8 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 27 newborns named Boubacar — #3,882 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Boubacar on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Boubacar ranks #4,450 for baby boys with 23 births, holding steady (-1%). All told, over 547 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Boubacar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Boubacar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Abakar
- Aboubacar
Names that sound like Boubacar
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About the name Boubacar
Boubacar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 547 births in the dataset. Boubacar's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #3,860. Use the chart and map above to compare Boubacar's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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