Abdul

Where Abdul comes from

From Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd, “servant [of]”) + ال (al-, “the”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Abdul
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1922
    Abdul Razak Hussein born
    former 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia
  2. 1930
    First appearance
    #3,289 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1944
    Abdul Hamid born
    president of Bangladesh in 2013-2023
  4. 1976
    Peak, #652
    157 babies named Abdul — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1985
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,228.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic used by Muslims.
Namesakes
  • Abdul Hamid · president of Bangladesh in 2013-2023, born 1944
  • Abdul Razak Hussein · former 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1922–1976
  • Abdul Latif Rashid · president of Iraq since 2022, born 1944
  • Abdul Fatawu Issahak · Ghanaian association football player, born 2004

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.