Abdullah
Abdullah is ranked 781st among boys in 2024 (320 births). Its best rank was 635th, in 2014.
- Rank in 2024
- #781down 8 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3200.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2014413 births
- Best rank
- #635in 2014
- Since 1947
- 9,045people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,045 boys have been named Abdullah in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 413 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 635 → 781).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 28 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2014, its biggest year
Abdullah was the 635th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2014 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Abdullah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ismailpeak 2016
- Cainpeak 2014
- Ammarpeak 2015
- Tuckerpeak 2014
- Adempeak 2015
- Lucaspeak 2017
- Yehoshuapeak 2019
- Abielpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.