Abd
Abd is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Abd
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abd is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Abd
The earliest SSA record of Abd as a baby boy name dates back to 1998, when 6 babies received it. 1998 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Abd — #8,479 in the national rankings. About 65% of every Abd on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Abd last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Abd
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Abd. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Abd
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About the name Abd
Abd is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Abd's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #8,479. Use the chart and map above to compare Abd's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.