Abdoulaye
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-doo-LYE
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,480 for boys
Abdoulaye is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Abdoulaye mean?
Arabic: West African form of Abdullah, with French spelling
“servant of God”
The usual spelling of Abdullah in French-speaking West Africa, especially Senegal, Mali and Guinea.
Is Abdoulaye a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdoulaye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdoulaye in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 5 boys.
Abdoulaye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Abdoulaye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Abdoulaye, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. It first appears in the records in 1992.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Abdoulaye of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Abdoulaye in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abdoulaye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 42 | #2,957 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,115 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,237 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 31 | #3,154 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 28 | #3,184 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Abdoulaye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Mustafa Ahmed Hamza Zayd Musa Ibrahim Huzaifa Abdulrahman Amir Zayaan
Names related to Abdoulaye
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Abdoulaye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdoulaye, updated 20 October 2026.