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Abdul

Boy's name · #1867 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Abdul reached its best rank, #652, in 1976 and ranked #1867 in 2025. About 6,500 boys have carried it since 1930.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#177 in England & Wales (2025) · #390 in Austria (2025) · #402 in Ireland (2025) · #432 in New Zealand (2025) · #441 in Scotland (2025) · #484 in Norway (2025) · #623 in Belgium (2025) · #666 in Sweden (2025) · #802 in Netherlands (2025) · #1,124 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,443 in France (2025) · #391 in Canada (2024).

Famous Abduls

• Abdul Hamid II — Ottoman monarch (1842–1918)
• Abdul Hamid I — Ottoman sultan (1725–1789)
• Abdul Hamid — President of Bangladesh in 2013-2023
• Abdul Qadir Gilani — Sunni Muslim preacher, mystic and jurist (1078–1166)
• Abdul Ghaffar Khan — Pashtun independence activist against British rule in India

In stories & tradition

• Abdul Alhazred — Cthulhu Mythos
• Abdul Dialo — Na dobre i na złe (Polish TV series)
• Abdul Hassan Ali Ebn Bekar — Der Barbier von Bagdad (German opera)

What Abduls become

Among 2,593 notable people named Abdul:

Political leaders appear 3.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Abdul Hamid, Bangladeshi politician (born 1944).

Similar names: Abdullah · Tariq · Abdulrahman · Mohamad · Amin · Hasan

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