Abdul

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Also spelled: Abdul- (19)

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Abdul is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word Abd and the definite prefix al / el. It is the initial component of many compound names, such as عبد الحميد ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, عبد الله ʿAbd Allāh, and عبد الملك ʿAbd al-Malik.

From Wikipedia

Abdul first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 340 babies (rank #163 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Abdul

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Abdul yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5,831
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
340
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1996201#173
1997239#148
1998234#151
1999227#155
2000230#158
2001232#160
2002260#153
2003308#146
2004281#160
2005279#167
2006312#158
2007298#169
2008298#170
2009316#169
2010340#163
2011284#190
2012314#182
2013300#187
2014307#182
2015300#190
2016271#207