Abdi

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Abdi: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Abdi: Recorded since 1954, it reached #247 in 1966, and it stood at #4,001 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
69years from first to last
#247highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1235
1997	#1174
1998	#1110
1999	#1281
2000	#1330
2001	#842
2002	#722
2003	#731
2004	#1038
2005	#1047
2006	#984
2007	#1578
2008	#1828
2009	#1494
2010	#1407
2011	#3300
2012	#2458
2013	#2954
2014	#2690
2015	#3004
2022	#4001

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 55 of the 62 years from 1954 to 2015.

In 2015: #395 among boys in Norway, #3004 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1954–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #402 among boys in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1954–2015
Highest recorded position: #247 among boys in Norway, in 1966 (recorded 1954–2015).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4001 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Abdi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 55 years beginning in 1954, and has registered 564 births with the name.

Abdi across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Abdi's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#402 (1954)	#247 (1966)	#395 (2015)	55 of 62	564 (1954–2015)	21 (1983)
England and Wales · Boys	#1235 (1996)	#722 (2002)	#4001 (2022)	21 of 27	282 (1996–2022)	29 (2003)

Abdi by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Abdi in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	25	4 of 10	6
1960s	105	9 of 10	12
1970s	115	10 of 10	12
1980sbusiest	161	10 of 10	16
1990s	85	10 of 10	9
2000s	49	8 of 10	6
2010s	24	4 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Abdi appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1954 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #247 in Norway in 1966.

Abdi's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3004	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2690	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1828	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1578	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#984	23	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1047	20	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#731	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#722	26	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1281	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1235	10	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#479	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#461	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#489	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#541	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#385	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#475	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#391	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#442	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#394	7	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#525	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#388	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#351	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#382	9	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#337	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#356	11	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#468	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#526	5	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#416	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#446	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#320	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#255	20	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#325	14	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#297	16	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#277	18	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#248	21	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#296	16	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#364	11	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#284	17	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#302	15	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#376	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#321	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#315	13	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#252	19	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#337	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#457	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#496	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#297	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#279	15	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#331	11	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#331	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#247	17	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#284	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#255	15	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#459	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#296	11	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#340	8	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#346	7	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#355	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#294	8	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#402	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1954 and 2022, ranked in 60 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #247, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 42 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Abdirahman · #188, 65y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Fadumo · #248, 57y
Irena · #256, 58y
Bernice · #236, 58y
Torben · #231, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Fadumo · #248, 57y
Abdullahi · #245, 66y
Esben · #251, 47y
Mahmoud · #251, 69y

Abdi was ranked #247 in Norway · Boys in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Abdi and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Abdi without appearing here.

Abdi moved ahead of

Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1281 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1330 and #2501.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1330 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #842 and #1595.
Shannon Compare
In 1996 they stood at #1235 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1174 and #1761.
Kim Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1174 and #1174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1110 and #1367.

Moved ahead of Abdi

Rune Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3004 and #4747 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1609.
Gunnar Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3004 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #1879.
Mathias Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1407 and #1620 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1209.
Tadhg Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1407 and #1551 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3300 and #1251.

Moved the opposite way to Abdi

Colin Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Abdi went from #255 to #395 while Colin went from #449 to #234.
Scott Compare
Between 1964 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Abdi went from #255 to #395 while Scott went from #495 to #278.
Sondre Compare
Between 1966 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Abdi went from #247 to #395 while Sondre went from #512 to #39.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdi went from #1235 to #4001 while Albie went from #853 to #29.

Moved the same way as Abdi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdi went from #1235 to #4001 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdi went from #1235 to #4001 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdi went from #1235 to #4001 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdi went from #1235 to #4001 and Alan from #163 to #472.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1954 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #247 in Norway in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Abdi

Abdi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abdi across 2 official records

Abdi by decade in Norway · Boys

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Abdi at a glance

Abdi across 2 official records

Abdi by decade in Norway · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Abdi moved ahead of

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