Abdou
Abdou is a name with multiple cultural origins: Western African, Arabic.
- Western African
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Abdou
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abdou is a name with multiple cultural origins: Western African, Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Western African
- Arabic
The Story of Abdou
Abdou first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1991, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 19 births, good for #5,047 nationwide. About 30% of every Abdou on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Abdou ranks #5,006 for baby boys with 19 births, rising sharply (+60% over the past five years). All told, over 343 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Abdou
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Abdou. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Abdou
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About the name Abdou
Abdou is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 343 births in the dataset. Abdou's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #5,006. Use the chart and map above to compare Abdou'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.