# Abdiel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abdiel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “servant of god” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,715 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,715 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבְדִּיאֵל (“servant of God”).

## What it means

Abdiel is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 275 | 800 |
| 2012 | 252 | 845 |
| 2013 | 271 | 806 |
| 2014 | 257 | 859 |
| 2015 | 254 | 873 |
| 2016 | 329 | 741 |
| 2017 | 376 | 675 |
| 2018 | 440 | 610 |
| 2019 | 568 | 504 |
| 2020 | 552 | 520 |
| 2021 | 430 | 643 |
| 2022 | 321 | 787 |
| 2023 | 380 | 699 |
| 2024 | 403 | 677 |
| 2025 | 466 | 607 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.