Abdul-Malik
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AB-dul-MA-lik
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Abdul-Malik 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).
What does Abdul-Malik mean?
Arabic: Abdul + Malik
“servant of the + king”
Joins Abdul (Arabic, “servant of the”) and Malik (Arabic, “king”).
Meanings borrowed from Abdul and Malik.
Is Abdul-Malik a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdul-Malik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdul-Malik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Abdul-Malik, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdul-Malik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Abdul-Malik or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Abdulmalik 10
- Abdul-Malik 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Abdul-Malik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Abdul-Malik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Ahmed, Mustafa, Zayd, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Azaan, Ibrahim, Huzaifa, Arham
Other spellings of Abdul-Malik
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Abdul-Malik: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdul-malik, updated 20 October 2026.