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Abdulrahman

Boy · ab-dul-RAH-man · Arabic

Abdulrahman is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the Most Merciful”. In 2025 it ranked 573rd for boys in the UK (74 babies) and 1,564th for boys in the US (109 babies).

What does Abdulrahman mean?

Arabic: spelling of Abdul-Rahman

“servant of the Most Merciful”

Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf was one of the early companions of the Prophet Muhammad.

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ab-dul-RAH-man

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

Abdulrahman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 boys in the UK and 109 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Abdulrahman in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#573among boys
Babies in 2025
74about 1 in 4,100 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 74 boys in the UK were named Abdulrahman, making it the 573rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 661st.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Abdulrahman of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Abdulrahman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 78 boys in the UK were given Abdulrahman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #515, up from #573 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 563rd in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 74 in 20252025
Abdulrahman in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202574#573
202466#634
202362#646
202251#732
202134#977
202058#661
201940#845
201846#788
201745#817
201662#640
201567#603
201464#613
201361#633
201262#627
201164#597
201073#532
200958#622
200854#644
200745#699
200642#712
200548#613
200446#607
200338#646
200232#667
200120#913
200016#1,021
199918#930
199820#844
199715#1,025
199613#1,083

How popular is Abdulrahman in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,564among boys
Babies in 2025
109about 1 in 16,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 8% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 109 boys in the US were named Abdulrahman, making it the 1,564th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 155 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.

2025 had more boys named Abdulrahman than any year since 2019.

Half of all the boys named Abdulrahman in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 118 boys in the US were given Abdulrahman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,344, up from #1,564 for this spelling alone.

1978Busiest: 155 in 20162025
Abdulrahman in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025109#1,564
202497#1,709
2023103#1,662
202282#1,906
202187#1,799
202078#1,895
2019115#1,485
2018143#1,282
2017140#1,293
2016155#1,216
2015138#1,287
2014124#1,375
2013142#1,243
2012105#1,523
201189#1,675
201087#1,738
200989#1,730
200874#1,932
200774#1,912
200663#2,081
200568#1,865
200452#2,204
200358#1,983
200259#1,884
200165#1,739
200057#1,844
199953#1,855
199852#1,868
199738#2,225
199639#2,140
199536#2,205
199423#3,024
199336#2,157
199232#2,298
199124#2,747
199024#2,689
198918#3,199
198817#3,074
198721#2,555
198614#3,265
198514#3,213
198411#3,698
198316#2,786
19829#4,232
198111#3,599
19800–
19790–
19786#5,056

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