How rare is the name Abdullah?

12,512 people in the United States have the first name Abdullah, about 1 in 24,139. It ranks #2,134 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ABDULLAH

#2,134

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,512
About
1 in 24,139
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,512 people named Abdullah, 45.4% reported their origin as White, 33.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 12.4% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Abdullah peaked in 2014, when 413 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19472025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
413
In 2025*
337 ▼18%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 9,383 babies have been given the name since 1947. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Abdullah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,511. The largest share of babies named Abdullah, 47%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#10,32613
1960s#8,90352
1970s#4,211289
1980s#3,343518
1990s#2,4691,145
2000s#1,9762,128
2010s#1,5113,420
2020s#1,6821,818
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–804%
Millennials 1981–9612%
Generation Z 1997–1236.7%
2013 and later47%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Abdullah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Abdullah has been most common in New York (2.6×), New Jersey (2.5×), and Virginia (2.2×), and least common in Indiana (0.19×).

7,340 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Abdullah

#2,132 Thalia · 12,526#2,133 Melany · 12,514#2,135 Jerri · 12,510#2,136 Kori · 12,496

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Abdullah, most common first.

#5,503 Abdullahi · 3,108#6,012 Abdallah · 2,732#10,429 Abdulla · 1,281#11,056 Abdalla · 1,177#16,495 Abdulahi · 683#19,527 Abdellah · 540#23,042 Abdulai · 428#26,764 Abdulah · 346

Also a last name

As a last name, Abdullah ranks #3,166 of 156,621, with 11,125 people. See Abdullah as a last name

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