Given name & surname
Bader
“born beneath the full moon”
Bader is a variant of Badar. One Arabic interpretation is “born beneath the full moon.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bader is a variant of Badar. One Arabic interpretation is “born beneath the full moon.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bader is a variant of Badar. An origin associated with Badar is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bader through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 384
- 384 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 21 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #10,850 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −49%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,850 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 656 as a first name in 2020; 8,919 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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