Abdul
Abdul is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 89 births. Its best rank was 652nd, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 890.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1975157 births
- Best rank
- #652in 1976
- Since 1930
- 6,444people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,444 boys have been named Abdul in the United States since 1930, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 157 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 20%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Abdul | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 26 | |
| 1940s | 91 | |
| 1950s | 46 | |
| 1960s | 164 | |
| 1970s | 1,052 | |
| 1980s | 817 | |
| 1990s | 1,299 | |
| 2000s | 1,304 | |
| 2010s | 1,159 | |
| 2020s | 486 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Abdul was the 657th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1975 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, James and David. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Abdul
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Quinceypeak 2002
- Kamalpeak 2009
- Stavrospeak 2007
- Romellpeak 2014
- Rashidpeak 1996
- Kendricpeak 2013
- Jansonpeak 2016
- Kareempeak 1980
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.