Abdullah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-DUL-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #174 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #763 for boys
Abdullah is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 174th for boys in the UK (340 babies) and 763rd for boys in the US (337 babies).
What does Abdullah mean?
Arabic
“servant of God”
Abdullah was the name of the Prophet Muhammad's father.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Abdullah a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdullah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 340 boys in the UK and 337 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdullah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 174th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 340 about 1 in 880 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.6% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 340 boys in the UK were named Abdullah, making it the 174th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 188th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 404 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdullah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 162nd in England and Wales and 278th in Scotland.
Abdullah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 340 | #174 |
| 2024 | 381 | #156 |
| 2023 | 354 | #165 |
| 2022 | 289 | #200 |
| 2021 | 284 | #208 |
| 2020 | 301 | #188 |
| 2019 | 305 | #187 |
| 2018 | 328 | #183 |
| 2017 | 305 | #199 |
| 2016 | 373 | #177 |
| 2015 | 404 | #165 |
| 2014 | 390 | #163 |
| 2013 | 350 | #189 |
| 2012 | 374 | #178 |
| 2011 | 362 | #177 |
| 2010 | 334 | #183 |
| 2009 | 330 | #186 |
| 2008 | 327 | #183 |
| 2007 | 327 | #179 |
| 2006 | 280 | #185 |
| 2005 | 249 | #191 |
| 2004 | 221 | #194 |
| 2003 | 218 | #193 |
| 2002 | 200 | #196 |
| 2001 | 179 | #204 |
| 2000 | 156 | #223 |
| 1999 | 141 | #238 |
| 1998 | 95 | #304 |
| 1997 | 103 | #297 |
| 1996 | 86 | #320 |
How popular is Abdullah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 763rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 337 about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 337 boys in the US were named Abdullah, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 812th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 413 boys. It first appears in the records in 1947.
2025 had more boys named Abdullah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Abdullah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 348 boys in the US were given Abdullah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #703, up from #763 for this spelling alone.
- Abdullah 337
- Abdulla 11
Abdullah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 337 | #763 |
| 2024 | 321 | #783 |
| 2023 | 330 | #773 |
| 2022 | 319 | #791 |
| 2021 | 225 | #983 |
| 2020 | 286 | #812 |
| 2019 | 327 | #738 |
| 2018 | 351 | #691 |
| 2017 | 332 | #722 |
| 2016 | 406 | #650 |
| 2015 | 395 | #653 |
| 2014 | 413 | #636 |
| 2013 | 372 | #652 |
| 2012 | 305 | #748 |
| 2011 | 294 | #763 |
| 2010 | 225 | #904 |
| 2009 | 259 | #835 |
| 2008 | 210 | #954 |
| 2007 | 224 | #896 |
| 2006 | 219 | #893 |
| 2005 | 206 | #884 |
| 2004 | 192 | #898 |
| 2003 | 190 | #887 |
| 2002 | 230 | #753 |
| 2001 | 216 | #781 |
| 2000 | 182 | #867 |
| 1999 | 204 | #775 |
| 1998 | 162 | #894 |
| 1997 | 125 | #1,014 |
| 1996 | 131 | #967 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,168 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,149 |
| 1993 | 104 | #1,093 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,316 |
| 1991 | 79 | #1,248 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,289 |
| 1989 | 60 | #1,406 |
| 1988 | 46 | #1,571 |
| 1987 | 46 | #1,532 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,319 |
| 1985 | 45 | #1,484 |
| 1984 | 44 | #1,443 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,153 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,216 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,246 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 45 | #1,390 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 43 | #1,390 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,592 |
| 1974 | 27 | #1,747 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
Names like Abdullah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Ahmed, Mustafa, Ibrahim, Hamza, Musa, Zayd, Amir, Umar, Khalid, Zayan, Syed
Other spellings of Abdullah
Names related to Abdullah
Abdullahi, Abdallah, Abdalla, Abdoulaye, Abdulai, Abdulloh, Abdoul, Abdulahi
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, “Abdullah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdullah, updated 20 October 2026.