# Abdullah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/abdullah/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “servant”, “god”, “servant of god” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌɑb.dʊlˈɑ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Abdollah |
| US babies named this | 9,383 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,383 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,052, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه (ʕabdu llāh), from عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant”) + الله (allāh, “God”), literally “servant of God”.

## What it means

Abdullah 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 | 294 | 763 |
| 2012 | 305 | 748 |
| 2013 | 372 | 652 |
| 2014 | 413 | 636 |
| 2015 | 395 | 653 |
| 2016 | 406 | 650 |
| 2017 | 332 | 722 |
| 2018 | 351 | 691 |
| 2019 | 327 | 738 |
| 2020 | 286 | 812 |
| 2021 | 225 | 983 |
| 2022 | 319 | 791 |
| 2023 | 330 | 773 |
| 2024 | 321 | 783 |
| 2025 | 337 | 763 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 352 | 162 |
| 2012 | 363 | 159 |
| 2013 | 333 | 169 |
| 2014 | 373 | 149 |
| 2015 | 386 | 146 |
| 2016 | 364 | 162 |
| 2017 | 293 | 184 |
| 2018 | 314 | 172 |
| 2019 | 292 | 178 |
| 2020 | 289 | 184 |
| 2021 | 278 | 196 |
| 2022 | 286 | 178 |
| 2023 | 328 | 159 |
| 2024 | 362 | 147 |
| 2025 | 327 | 162 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱللّٰه
- Armenian: Աբդուլա, Աբդուլլահ
- Bulgarian: Абдуллах, Абдулла
- Chinese: 阿卜杜拉, 阿布杜拉, 阿不都拉
- Czech: Abdulláh
- Danish: Abdullah
- Dutch: Abdoella
- Finnish: Abdullah
- French: Abdullah, Abdallah, Abdoullah
- Georgian: აბდულა
- German: Abdulla
- Greek: Αμπντουλάχ, Αμπντουλλάχ
- Hebrew: עבדאללה
- Hindi: अब्दुल्ला, अब्दुल्लाह
- Hungarian: Abdullah
- Indonesian: Abdullah
- Irish: Abdullah
- Italian: Abdullah
- Japanese: アブドラ
- Korean: 압둘라

## People named Abdullah

- Abdullah Gül, 11th President of Turkey (born 1950)
- Abdullah Öcalan, founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
- Abdullah Abdullah, Afghan politician
- Abdullah of Pahang, 16th and current Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia & 6th and current Sultan of Pahang
- Abdullah ibn Masud, companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (c.594-c.653)
- Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, 11th-century Sufi scholar and saint
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Umawi, Emir of Córdoba from 888 to 912
- Abdullah ibn al-Mu'tazz, Abbasid prince, poet and politician (861–908)
- Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi, courier of Muhammad
- Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer, fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818)
- Abdullah ibn Ali, Abbasid governor of Syria (c.712–764)
- Abdullah ibn Unais, companion (Sahabah) of Muhammad

## 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.