Abdel Boy
How popular is Abdel?
#6,140 boy name in 2025
14 baby boys were named Abdel in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
Abdel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,140 for boys (▼ 1822 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,285 in 2015, #3,073 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (44 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,754 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1965 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Abdel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Abdul family of names ranked #1,461 for boys in 2025 (#1,365 the year before), with 98 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Abdul | 84 | 86% |
| Abdel | 14 | 14% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Abdel is most popular
Babies named Abdel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Abdel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #3,106 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,567 |
| 1980s | 75 | #3,198 |
| 1990s | 122 | #3,303 |
| 2000s | 175 | #3,758 |
| 2010s | 243 | #2,754 |
| 2020s | 163 | #3,020 |
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Questions
- Is Abdel a boy or girl name?
- Abdel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Abdel were boys.
- How popular is the name Abdel?
- 14 baby boys were named Abdel in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
- When was Abdel most popular?
- Abdel peaked in 2017, when 44 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,754 in 2017.
- How many people are named Abdel?
- 829 babies have been named Abdel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 811 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Abdel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Abdel was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.