Abdalla
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-DAL-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Abdalla is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Abdalla mean?
Arabic: spelling of Abdallah, itself a spelling of Abdullah
“servant of God”
Abdullah, also spelled Abdallah, was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father.
Meaning borrowed from Abdallah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Abdalla a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdalla is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdalla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Abdalla, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdalla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were given Abdalla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #951, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Abdallah 25
- Abdalla 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Abdalla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
How popular is Abdalla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Abdalla, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Abdalla in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 71 boys in the US were given Abdalla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,804, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Abdallah 62
- Abdalla 9
Abdalla in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Abdalla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Hamza, Mustafa, Musa, Huzaifa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Zayd, Abdulrahman, Azaan, Umar
Other spellings of Abdalla
Names related to Abdalla
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abdalla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdalla, updated 20 October 2026.