Abdulla
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-DUL-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Abdulla is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Abdulla mean?
Arabic: spelling of Abdullah
“servant of God”
Abdullah was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father.
Meaning borrowed from Abdullah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Abdulla a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdulla is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdulla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Abdulla, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdulla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 344 boys in the UK were given Abdulla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #182, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Abdullah 340
- Abdulla 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Abdulla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Abdulla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Abdulla, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer boys named Abdulla than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Abdulla in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 348 boys in the US were given Abdulla or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #703, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Abdullah 337
- Abdulla 11
Abdulla in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,038 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Abdulla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Mustafa, Ahmed, Musa, Huzaifa, Abdulrahman, Ibrahim, Umar, Amir, Zayd, Khalifa
Other spellings of Abdulla
Names related to Abdulla
Abdul, Abdullahi, Abdallah, Abdalla, Abdoulaye, Abdulai, Abdulloh, Abdoul
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, “Abdulla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdulla, updated 20 October 2026.