Abdullah
#763 for boys in 2025, 337 births
- Peak · boys
- 2014 · 413 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,383since 1947
Abdullah over time
Rank among boys' names. Abdullah 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 | #763 | 337 |
| 2024 | #783 | 321 |
| 2023 | #773 | 330 |
| 2022 | #791 | 319 |
| 2021 | #983 | 225 |
| 2020 | #812 | 286 |
| 2019 | #738 | 327 |
| 2018 | #691 | 351 |
| 2017 | #722 | 332 |
| 2016 | #650 | 406 |
| 2015 | #653 | 395 |
| 2014 | #636 | 413 |
| 2013 | #652 | 372 |
| 2012 | #748 | 305 |
| 2011 | #763 | 294 |
| 2010 | #904 | 225 |
| 2009 | #835 | 259 |
| 2008 | #954 | 210 |
| 2007 | #896 | 224 |
| 2006 | #893 | 219 |
| 2005 | #884 | 206 |
| 2004 | #899 | 192 |
| 2003 | #888 | 190 |
| 2002 | #753 | 230 |
| 2001 | #782 | 216 |
| 2000 | #869 | 182 |
| 1999 | #777 | 204 |
| 1998 | #895 | 162 |
| 1997 | #1,016 | 125 |
| 1996 | #969 | 131 |
| 1995 | #1,172 | 97 |
| 1994 | #1,153 | 97 |
| 1993 | #1,097 | 104 |
| 1992 | #1,321 | 73 |
| 1991 | #1,254 | 79 |
| 1990 | #1,294 | 73 |
| 1989 | #1,411 | 60 |
| 1988 | #1,576 | 46 |
| 1987 | #1,534 | 46 |
| 1986 | #1,320 | 55 |
| 1985 | #1,485 | 45 |
| 1984 | #1,444 | 44 |
| 1983 | #1,153 | 61 |
| 1982 | #1,217 | 58 |
| 1981 | #1,246 | 54 |
| 1980 | #1,341 | 49 |
| 1979 | #1,390 | 45 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,390 | 43 |
| 1976 | #1,453 | 38 |
| 1975 | #1,593 | 32 |
| 1974 | #1,747 | 27 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,080 | 19 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,399 | 15 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
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| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
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| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
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| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Abdullah! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1948, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Abdullah is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#494 · 1 in 3,931
- Virginia#519 · 1 in 4,877
- Pennsylvania#591 · 1 in 7,594
- New Jersey#618 · 1 in 6,950
- Illinois#634 · 1 in 6,226
Best ever in a state: #260 in New York, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #494 | 5 | 1 in 3,931 |
| Virginia | #519 | 8 | 1 in 4,877 |
| Pennsylvania | #591 | 9 | 1 in 7,594 |
| New Jersey | #618 | 7 | 1 in 6,950 |
| Illinois | #634 | 13 | 1 in 6,226 |
| Ohio | #650 | 8 | 1 in 8,790 |
| New York | #681 | 16 | 1 in 7,421 |
| Georgia | #884 | 5 | 1 in 9,691 |
| Florida | #1,034 | 6 | 1 in 14,148 |
| Texas | #1,113 | 9 | 1 in 17,316 |
| California | #1,228 | 11 | 1 in 23,050 |
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See more about Abdullah
- 20 spots since 2024 (#783 → #763)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#812 → #763)
- 110 spots since 2015 (#653 → #763)
- Biggest jump: 203 spots in 1996 (#1,172 → #969)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 2021 (#812 → #983)
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 2014 at #636 (413 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1998–2025
- Highest: 1 in 4,651 boys born in 2014 were named Abdullah (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,068 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 36.4% of all boys named Abdullah (3,420) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1940s | 13 | #3,019 (1949) | #3,195 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 52 | #2,445 (1968) | #3,365 |
| 1970s | 289 | #1,326 (1978) | #1,920 |
| 1980s | 518 | #1,153 (1983) | #1,373 |
| 1990s | 1,145 | #777 (1999) | #1,095 |
| 2000s | 2,128 | #753 (2002) | #865 |
| 2010s | 3,420 | #636 (2014) | #716 |
| 2020s | 1,818 | #763 (2025) | #818 |
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.
Abdullah in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 14,460 of them was named Abdullah, which outranked 90.8% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #962Nasir133
- #962Syed133
- #968Trayvon132
- #969Abdullah131
- #969Alexandre131
- #969Francesco131
- #969Kirby131
- #974Bryon130
- #974Lionel130
- #974Romeo130
Tied with 4 names at #969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.