Abdias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-DEE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Abdias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Abdias mean?
Hebrew: Latin and Spanish form of Obadiah
“servant of God”
Abdias is the Greek and Latin form of Obadiah, the prophet whose book is the shortest in the Hebrew Bible.
Is Abdias a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Abdias, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Abdias in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abdias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 42 | #2,960 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 49 | #2,550 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 35 | #3,176 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Abdias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Abdullah, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zamir, Hamza, Zahir, Asaiah, Zayd, Ahmad, Mustafa, Amir
Names related to Abdias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Abdias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdias, updated 20 October 2026.