Abdul

#1,867 for boys in 2025, 84 births

Peak · boys
1976 · 157 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,528
since 1930

Abdul over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Abdul has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #652, 1976boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,86784
2024#1,82089
2023#1,74494
2022#1,642105
2021#1,78988
2020#1,512111
2019#1,548108
2018#1,453120
2017#1,348132
2016#1,386127
2015#1,406122
2014#1,536104
2013#1,444114
2012#1,428116
2011#1,440114
2010#1,558102
2009#1,353127
2008#1,355126
2007#1,350124
2006#1,339122
2005#1,266123
2004#1,316112
2003#1,029153
2002#1,052145
2001#1,053137
2000#1,061135
1999#1,002140
1998#970142
1997#900153
1996#949136
1995#987126
1994#994125
1993#1,080107
1992#979122
1991#939127
1990#937121
1989#1,09493
1988#1,24967
1987#1,20264
1986#1,22761
1985#1,22860
1984#1,00079
1983#862103
1982#94191
1981#92095
1980#871104
1979#765128
1978#831106
1977#701147
1976#652157
1975#657157
1974#89881
1973#85286
1972#80898
1971#1,16549
1970#1,26043
1969#1,41432
1968#1,50627
1967#1,75820
1966#2,46511
1965#1,72021
1964#2,8549
1963#2,53911
1962#2,50411
1961#2,70610
1960#2,53511
1959
1958#3,5596
1957#3,2577
1956#3,9425
1955
1954#2,7439
1953
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1951#2,36711
1950#2,7708
1949#2,22512
1948#2,21812
1947#1,98815
1946#3,1736
1945#2,24210
1944#3,1096
1943#3,2316
1942#2,5239
1941#2,4919
1940#3,1306
1939#2,8297
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1937#3,5185
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1935#2,9517
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1930#3,2897
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five boys were named Abdul! It came in at #3,289, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1931–1934, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Abdul is popular in 1975

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMNIllinois: #452 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,891 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedWIMichigan: #395 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,759 boysMINew York: #378 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 3,883 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #385 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,977 boysPANew Jersey: #304 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,949 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #805 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 13,825 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #523 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,309 boysNCSouth Carolina: #404 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,961 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Abdul, so not publishedHITexas: #759 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 10,707 boysTXFlorida: #665 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,591 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#304 · 1 in 2,949
  2. New York#378 · 1 in 3,883
  3. Pennsylvania#385 · 1 in 5,977
  4. Michigan#395 · 1 in 4,759
  5. South Carolina#404 · 1 in 3,961

Best ever in a state: #172 in District of Columbia, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#304141 in 2,949
New York#378291 in 3,883
Pennsylvania#385121 in 5,977
Michigan#395131 in 4,759
South Carolina#40451 in 3,961
Illinois#452161 in 4,891
North Carolina#52351 in 7,309
Florida#66551 in 9,591
Texas#759101 in 10,707
California#805111 in 13,825
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Abdul
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 47 spots since 2024 (#1,820#1,867)
  • 355 spots since 2020 (#1,512#1,867)
  • 461 spots since 2015 (#1,406#1,867)
  • Biggest jump: 357 spots in 1972 (#1,165#808)
  • Biggest drop: 228 spots in 1985 (#1,000#1,228)
Rise & fade · boys
46 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 1976 at #652 (157 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1972–1984
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,945
  • Highest: 1 in 9,945 boys born in 1975 were named Abdul (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 20,334 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #652 in 1976, was only 1 in 9,994 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Abdul (1,304) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s26#2,829 (1939)#3,147
1940s91#1,988 (1947)#2,633
1950s46#2,367 (1951)#3,106
1960s163#1,414 (1969)#2,200
1970s1,052#652 (1976)#859
1980s817#862 (1983)#1,059
1990s1,299#900 (1997)#974
2000s1,304#1,029 (2003)#1,217
2010s1,159#1,348 (2017)#1,455
2020s571#1,512 (2020)#1,729

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Abdul in 1975

boys
#657
157 births · 1 in 9,945 boys

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #657Abdul157
More about 1975

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 9,945 of them was named Abdul, which outranked 89.6% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Abdul
  1. #653Korey158
  2. #653Louie158
  3. #653Mauricio158
  4. #657Abdul157
  5. #657Johnathon157
  6. #659Ervin156
  7. #659Ken156
  8. #659Marlin156

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1975