Abdul

“Servant of the (prefix placed before a name of Allah)” — Arabic origin

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

Abdul has appeared in US records since 1930 — best rank #652 (1976) · 6,528 babies named Abdul all-time · 1 in 20,000 boys born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 930 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 1,600 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,900 boys in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Abduls

Abdul Hamid II — 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1876–1909)
Abdul Hamid I — 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1774–1789)
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
Abdul Hassan Ali Ebn Bekar — Der Barbier von Bagdad

What Abduls become

Among 2,587 notable people named Abdul:

Political leaders appear 3.6× more often than among typical names — e.g. Abdul Hamid, president of Bangladesh in 2013-2023.

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