Abdul
#1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 157 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,528since 1930
Abdul over time
Rank among boys' names. Abdul has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,867 | 84 |
| 2024 | #1,820 | 89 |
| 2023 | #1,744 | 94 |
| 2022 | #1,642 | 105 |
| 2021 | #1,789 | 88 |
| 2020 | #1,512 | 111 |
| 2019 | #1,548 | 108 |
| 2018 | #1,453 | 120 |
| 2017 | #1,348 | 132 |
| 2016 | #1,386 | 127 |
| 2015 | #1,406 | 122 |
| 2014 | #1,536 | 104 |
| 2013 | #1,444 | 114 |
| 2012 | #1,428 | 116 |
| 2011 | #1,440 | 114 |
| 2010 | #1,558 | 102 |
| 2009 | #1,353 | 127 |
| 2008 | #1,355 | 126 |
| 2007 | #1,350 | 124 |
| 2006 | #1,339 | 122 |
| 2005 | #1,266 | 123 |
| 2004 | #1,316 | 112 |
| 2003 | #1,029 | 153 |
| 2002 | #1,052 | 145 |
| 2001 | #1,053 | 137 |
| 2000 | #1,061 | 135 |
| 1999 | #1,002 | 140 |
| 1998 | #970 | 142 |
| 1997 | #900 | 153 |
| 1996 | #949 | 136 |
| 1995 | #987 | 126 |
| 1994 | #994 | 125 |
| 1993 | #1,080 | 107 |
| 1992 | #979 | 122 |
| 1991 | #939 | 127 |
| 1990 | #937 | 121 |
| 1989 | #1,094 | 93 |
| 1988 | #1,249 | 67 |
| 1987 | #1,202 | 64 |
| 1986 | #1,227 | 61 |
| 1985 | #1,228 | 60 |
| 1984 | #1,000 | 79 |
| 1983 | #862 | 103 |
| 1982 | #941 | 91 |
| 1981 | #920 | 95 |
| 1980 | #871 | 104 |
| 1979 | #765 | 128 |
| 1978 | #831 | 106 |
| 1977 | #701 | 147 |
| 1976 | #652 | 157 |
| 1975 | #657 | 157 |
| 1974 | #898 | 81 |
| 1973 | #852 | 86 |
| 1972 | #808 | 98 |
| 1971 | #1,165 | 49 |
| 1970 | #1,260 | 43 |
| 1969 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1968 | #1,506 | 27 |
| 1967 | #1,758 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #1,720 | 21 |
| 1964 | #2,854 | 9 |
| 1963 | #2,539 | 11 |
| 1962 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #2,535 | 11 |
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| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
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| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
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| 1951 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
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| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
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| 1935 | #2,951 | 7 |
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| 1930 | #3,289 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Abdul! It came in at #3,289, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1934, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Abdul is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#255 · 1 in 2,178
- New York#376 · 1 in 3,938
- Pennsylvania#490 · 1 in 9,171
- California#900 · 1 in 16,893
Best ever in a state: #172 in District of Columbia, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #255 | 19 | 1 in 2,178 |
| New York | #376 | 28 | 1 in 3,938 |
| Pennsylvania | #490 | 8 | 1 in 9,171 |
| California | #900 | 10 | 1 in 16,893 |
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See more about Abdul
- 47 spots since 2024 (#1,820 → #1,867)
- 355 spots since 2020 (#1,512 → #1,867)
- 461 spots since 2015 (#1,406 → #1,867)
- Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1972 (#1,165 → #808)
- Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1985 (#1,000 → #1,228)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1976 at #652 (157 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1972–1984
- Highest: 1 in 9,945 boys born in 1975 were named Abdul (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #652 in 1976, was only 1 in 9,994 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.0% of all boys named Abdul (1,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 26 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,147 |
| 1940s | 91 | #1,988 (1947) | #2,633 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,367 (1951) | #3,106 |
| 1960s | 163 | #1,414 (1969) | #2,200 |
| 1970s | 1,052 | #652 (1976) | #859 |
| 1980s | 817 | #862 (1983) | #1,059 |
| 1990s | 1,299 | #900 (1997) | #974 |
| 2000s | 1,304 | #1,029 (2003) | #1,217 |
| 2010s | 1,159 | #1,348 (2017) | #1,455 |
| 2020s | 571 | #1,512 (2020) | #1,729 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Abdul in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,489 of them was named Abdul, which outranked 87.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #826Denis107
- #826Khalid107
- #826Laron107
- #831Abdul106
- #831Darwin106
- #831Francesco106
- #831Shon106
- #836Carmen105
- #836Cortez105
- #836Myles105
Tied with 4 names at #831; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.