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Abdon

Boy · ab-DOHN · Hebrew

Abdon is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “servant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Abdon mean?

Hebrew: biblical Hebrew name, used in Spanish as Abdon

“servant”

Abdon was a judge of Israel in the Book of Judges; Saints Abdon and Sennen were early Persian martyrs.

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ab-DOHN

Is Abdon a girl's or a boy's name?

Abdon is a boys' name.

How popular is Abdon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1975, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.

Half of all the boys named Abdon in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1915Busiest: 13 in 19752015
Abdon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20157#9,562
20145#12,102
20139#8,113
20127#9,703
20110–
20105#12,224
20090–
20080–
20079#8,169
20069#7,992
200511#6,628
200411#6,514
20030–
20028#7,636
200110#6,438
20006#9,104
199910#6,036
19987#7,553
19970–
199611#5,180
199511#5,118
19940–
19935#8,693
19925#8,426
199110#5,088
19909#5,375
198911#4,521
19886#6,420
19876#6,083
19860–
19850–
19845#6,311
198313#3,229
19829#4,232
19816#5,466
19805#6,248
19790–
19780–
19770–
19767#4,416
197513#2,900
19748#3,835
19730–
19727#3,960
19710–
19706#4,228
19696#3,934
19680–
19670–
19660–
19656#3,535
19640–
19630–
19626#3,638
19615#4,063
19606#3,663
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19545#3,825
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19436#3,229
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19365#3,548
19356#3,252
19340–
19330–
19325#3,774
19310–
19300–
19296#3,557
19286#3,695
19270–
19260–
19250–
19246#3,865
19235#4,236
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19185#4,178
19170–
19160–
19158#2,828

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