Given name & surname
Babacar
“father of the eldest”
Babacar is a masculine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Babacar goes back to a word meaning “father of the eldest.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Babacar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 224
- 224 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,263 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,263 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Babacar’s family of names
Babacar may belong to the same name family as BABACARR. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Babacar
- Babacar GueyeSenegalese and French footballerborn 1986
- Babacar NiasseSenegalese footballerborn 1996
- Babacar SarrSenegalese footballerborn 1991
- Babacar GuèyeSenegalese association football playerborn 1994
- Babacar Diallofootballerborn 1989
- Babacar NiangFrench athleteborn 1958
- Babacar NdiourSenegalese association football playerborn 1990
- Babacar BaSenegalese politician1930–2006
- Babacar DiopSenegalese footballerborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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