Abdul Boy
How popular is Abdul?
#1,867 boy name in 2025
84 baby boys were named Abdul in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
Abdul popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,867 for boys (▼ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 84 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,406 in 2015, #1,512 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1975 (157 boys) |
| Highest rank | #652 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1930 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Abdul 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 Abdul is most popular
Babies named Abdul per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (91 boys)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 boys)
Abdul by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 26 | #2,829 |
| 1940s | 91 | #1,987 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,366 |
| 1960s | 163 | #1,414 |
| 1970s | 1,052 | #652 |
| 1980s | 817 | #862 |
| 1990s | 1,299 | #898 |
| 2000s | 1,304 | #1,028 |
| 2010s | 1,159 | #1,348 |
| 2020s | 571 | #1,512 |
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Questions
- Is Abdul a boy or girl name?
- Abdul is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Abdul were boys.
- How popular is the name Abdul?
- 84 baby boys were named Abdul in the US in 2025, making it the 1867th most popular boy name.
- When was Abdul most popular?
- Abdul peaked in 1975, when 157 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #652 in 1976.
- How many people are named Abdul?
- 6,528 babies have been named Abdul in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,213 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 27.
- Where is Abdul most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Abdul was most common in New York, at 0.2 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.