Abdelrahman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-del-RAH-man
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Abdelrahman is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the Most Merciful”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Abdelrahman mean?
Arabic: spelling of Abd al-Rahman common in Egypt and North Africa
“servant of the Most Merciful”
Abd al-Rahman I founded the Umayyad emirate of Córdoba in Spain in 756.
Is Abdelrahman a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdelrahman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdelrahman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Abdelrahman, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdelrahman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the UK were given Abdelrahman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Abdulrahman 74
- Abdelrahman 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Abdelrahman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Abdelrahman 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 Abdelrahman, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Abdelrahman in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 boys in the US were given Abdelrahman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,344, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Abdulrahman 109
- Abdelrahman 9
Abdelrahman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,070 |
| 2003 | 30 | #3,114 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
Nicknames for Abdelrahman
- Abdo
Names like Abdelrahman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Abdurrahman, Ahmed, Hamza, Mustafa, Abdirahman, Abdur-Rahman, Zayd, Azaan, Musa, Ibrahim
Other spellings of Abdelrahman
Names related to Abdelrahman
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, “Abdelrahman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdelrahman, updated 20 October 2026.