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Abdoul

Gender
Boy
Say it
ab-DOOL
Origin
Arabic
US rank, 2025
#6,799 for boys

Abdoul is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).

What does Abdoul mean?

Arabic: French-influenced West African spelling of Abdul

“servant of”

Abdul, 'servant of the', normally begins a longer name ending in one of God's names, as in Abdoulaye.

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

Abdoul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Abdoul in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 boys.

2003Busiest: 6 in 20102021
Abdoul in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20215#3,614
20200–
20193#4,913
20180–
20170–
20160–
20154#4,086
20146#3,125
20134#4,008
20124#4,147
20115#3,446
20106#3,092
20094#3,909
20083#4,615
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20031#4,616

How popular is Abdoul in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,799among boys
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 140,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Abdoul, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.

2025 had fewer boys named Abdoul than any year since 2012.

Half of all the boys named Abdoul in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 31 in 20032025
Abdoul in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202512#6,799
202420#4,886
202320#4,882
202224#4,299
202124#4,243
202015#5,695
201913#6,401
201813#6,341
201722#4,462
201623#4,326
201527#3,881
201420#4,698
201314#5,919
201212#6,620
201131#3,433
201016#5,475
200925#4,033
200821#4,537
200720#4,638
200619#4,671
200520#4,321
200420#4,259
200331#3,040
200219#4,182
200116#4,670
200018#4,198
199916#4,336
199810#5,834
199712#4,954
19969#5,975
19956#7,785
19948#6,366
19930–
19925#8,426

Names like Abdoul

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Abdoul

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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, “Abdoul: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdoul, updated 20 October 2026.