Qadir
Kadir/Kadeer/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir are the primary transliterations of two Arabic male given names and. These names are derived from Al-Qaadir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Capable", using the word قدير meaning "able/competent".
- Arabic
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Qadir
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kadir/Kadeer/Qader/Qadir/Quadeer/Quadir are the primary transliterations of two Arabic male given names and. These names are derived from Al-Qaadir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Capable", using the word قدير meaning "able/competent".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Urdu
The Story of Qadir
The earliest SSA record of Qadir as a baby boy name dates back to 1982, when 6 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 23 newborns named Qadir — #4,453 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Qadir on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Qadir ranks #5,315 for baby boys with 18 births, rising sharply (+31% over the past five years). All told, over 503 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Qadir
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About the name Qadir
Qadir is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 503 births in the dataset. Qadir's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #3,854. Use the chart and map above to compare Qadir'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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