Abdullah
Abd Allah, also spelled Abdullah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdallah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic theophoric name meaning servant of God or "God's follower". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and Allāh.
Meaning & Origin of Abdullah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Abd Allah, also spelled Abdullah, Abdhullah, Abdellah, Abdollah, Abdallah, Abdulla, Abdalla and many others, is an Arabic theophoric name meaning servant of God or "God's follower". It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and Allāh.
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The Story of Abdullah
The earliest SSA record of Abdullah as a baby boy name dates back to 1947, when 6 babies received it. 2014 was its biggest year on record, with 413 newborns named Abdullah — #635 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Abdullah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Abdullah ranks #758 for baby boys with 343 births, gradually rising (+8%). All told, over 10K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Abdullah
Abdullah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1947 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Abdullah's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #635. Use the chart and map above to compare Abdullah'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 .
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