Abdulwahab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ab-dul-wa-HAAB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Abdulwahab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “servant of the Bestower”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Abdulwahab mean?
Arabic: Abd al-Wahhab
“servant of the Bestower”
Al-Wahhab, 'the Bestower', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Abdulwahab a girl's or a boy's name?
Abdulwahab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abdulwahab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 120% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Abdulwahab, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abdulwahab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Abdulwahab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Abdulwahab in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Abdulwahab, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Abdulwahab in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abdulwahab in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
Nicknames for Abdulwahab
- Abdul 299 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Abdulwahab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Ahmed, Musab, Hamza, Mustafa, Musa, Zayaan, Huzaifa, Zayan, Azaan, Umar
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Abdulwahab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abdulwahab, updated 20 October 2026.