Kader
Kader is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Turkish.
- Arabic
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Kader
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kader is a name with multiple cultural origins: Arabic, Turkish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Turkish
The Story of Kader
Kader first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2000, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2008: 8 births, good for #9,019 nationwide. About 49% of every Kader on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kader last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 41 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Kader
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kader. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Kader
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About the name Kader
Kader is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 41 births in the dataset. Kader's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #9,019. Use the chart and map above to compare Kader'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.