Abrar
Feminine · “the righteous”
Abrar is given to both — 552 girls and 567 boys since 1880. See Abrar as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Abrar is another Arabic plural used as a name: the plural of barr, a person of piety and devotion, so the name means the righteous. It appears in the Quran describing those who will be rewarded, and it is used on both sexes though more often on girls. Its American peak is 2017.
How old is the name Abrar?
Abrar first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Abrar alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 500 people named Abrar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abrar most popular?
Abrar peaked in 2017, reaching #4477 nationally. Today it ranks #6116, 1,639 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From barr to Abrar
The story of Abrar
Arabic naming draws on the Quran directly, and a substantial number of names are words used in it: Abrar, Iman, Taqwa, Firdaus, Rahma. These are not references to characters but to concepts, and they carry the weight of the text they come from. Abrar became widely used across the Gulf, the Levant and Pakistan in the later twentieth century, part of the same shift towards Quranic vocabulary that produced Iman and Rahma. American records show it in small numbers rising through the 2000s and 2010s with Arab and South Asian communities.
Meaning
the righteous; the devoted
Arabic barr describes someone dutiful, pious and devoted, particularly in the sense of duty to parents — birr al-walidayn, kindness to parents, is a central concept. Abrar is its plural. The word appears in the Quran in passages contrasting the righteous with the wicked. The name therefore carries a specific moral vocabulary rather than a general one. The derivation is settled.
How the name formed
- barr
- abrar
- Abrar
Related forms: Abrar · Abrar
Pronouncing Abrar
ab-RAR
Two syllables, stress at the end, with both r's lightly tapped rather than the American retroflex r. English speakers reach a close-enough version readily; the main variation is a front-stressed AB-rar.
Nicknames for Abrar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 201731 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4477reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −13.6%19 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Abrar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Abrar in Arabic — same name
- Abrar in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Michigan, California.
Abrars among us
people named Abrar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was named Abrar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Emmanuela test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Abrar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Emmanuela climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Emmanuela's path sketches the road Abrar is walking now.
Abrar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Abrar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Abrar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is specific and positive, and expressible in two words.
- It is short and made only of sounds English can approximate.
- It is used on both sexes, which suits families who do not want a sex-marked name.
- English speakers commonly stress the first syllable.
- It has a clear religious frame, which is a strength or a consideration depending on the family.
- It is rare in the United States and will be spelled out routinely.
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Frequently asked
- How many Abrars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Abrar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abrar in 2025?
- Abrar ranks #6116 among US girl names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Abrar?
- About 1 in every 84,593 US girls born in 2025 was named Abrar — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Abrar with classmates?
- Abrar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Abrar
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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