Abdi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AB-dee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Abdi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “my servant (of God)”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Abdi mean?
Arabic: from 'abd 'servant'
“my servant (of God)”
A common Somali name, related to Arabic names like Abdullah, 'servant of God'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Abdi a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Abdi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 19 | #1,110 |
| 2003 | 29 | #790 |
| 2002 | 26 | #791 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Abdi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Abdi, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Abdi in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abdi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Abdi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Ahmed, Abdullah, Muhammad, Rafi, Azaan, Musa, Zayd, Zayaan, Umar, Abdullahi, Ahad
Names related to Abdi
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, “Abdi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdi, updated 20 October 2026.