Abdimalik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-dee-MAH-lik
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Abdimalik is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the King”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Abdimalik mean?
Arabic: Somali form of Abd al-Malik
“servant of the King”
Al-Malik, 'the King', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam; Abdi- is the usual Somali spelling of Abd.
Is Abdimalik a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdimalik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdimalik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Abdimalik, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdimalik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Abdimalik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 12 | #1,810 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Abdimalik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Abdimalik, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Abdimalik than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Abdimalik in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abdimalik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
Nicknames for Abdimalik
Names like Abdimalik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Abdulrahman, Abdulmalik, Ahmed, Hamza, Zayd, Abdurrahman, Zayaan, Musa, Mustafa, Zayan
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, “Abdimalik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdimalik, updated 20 October 2026.