Abdullah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abdullah: Recorded since 1954, it reached #146 in 2015, and it stood at #272 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
124times a registrar ranked it
72years from first to last
#146highest recorded position
21groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#294
1997	#285
1998	#293
1999	#218
2000	#213
2001	#197
2002	#185
2003	#182
2004	#190
2005	#183
2006	#175
2007	#163
2008	#166
2009	#170
2010	#169
2011	#162
2012	#159
2013	#169
2014	#149
2015	#146
2016	#162
2017	#184
2018	#172
2019	#178
2020	#184
2021	#196
2022	#178
2023	#159
2024	#147

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 65 of the 72 years from 1954 to 2025.

In 2025: #272 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #308 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1954–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #403 among boys in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #146 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #308 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Abdullah appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 65 years beginning in 1954, and has registered 851 births with the name.

Abdullah across 4 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.

Abdullah'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	#403 (1954)	#186 (1999)	#308 (2025)	65 of 72	851 (1954–2025)	30 (1999)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#295 (1996)	#272 (2025)	#272 (2025)	27 of 30	216 (1996–2025)	16 (2025)
England and Wales · Boys	#294 (1996)	#146 (2015)	#147 (2024)	29 of 29	7,725 (1996–2024)	386 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#243 (2001)	#243 (2001)	#404 (2024)	2 of 24	7 (2001–2024)	4 (2001)

Abdullah 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 Abdullah in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960s	50	7 of 10	7
1970s	76	10 of 10	8
1980s	103	10 of 10	10
1990s	168	10 of 10	17
2000sbusiest	196	10 of 10	20
2010s	197	10 of 10	20
2020s	52	6 of 10	9

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Abdullah 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 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #146 in England and Wales in 2015.

Abdullah'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#147	362	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#159	328	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#178	286	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#196	278	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#184	289	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#178	292	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#172	314	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#184	293	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#162	364	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#146	386	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#149	373	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#169	333	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#159	363	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#162	352	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#169	323	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#170	315	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#166	308	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#163	316	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#175	269	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#183	239	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#190	209	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#182	212	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#185	191	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#197	167	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#213	151	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#218	140	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#293	90	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#285	97	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#294	85	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#404	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#308	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#435	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#319	11	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#272	14	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#389	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#417	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#266	16	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#275	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#241	20	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#269	18	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#222	23	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#212	25	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#192	29	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#281	16	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#215	26	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#278	16	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#241	20	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#232	20	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#236	19	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#211	23	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#230	21	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#231	19	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#303	12	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#245	20	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#186	30	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#307	13	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#322	12	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#265	17	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#262	17	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#256	19	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#294	15	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#267	19	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#316	14	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#365	12	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#418	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#357	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#276	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#305	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#396	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#433	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#427	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#482	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#451	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#373	11	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#468	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#370	11	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#502	6	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#480	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#422	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#484	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#429	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#498	6	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#517	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#350	10	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#395	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#355	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#460	5	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#380	6	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#432	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#409	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#403	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#362	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	14	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#364	11	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	13	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	13	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	9	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#246	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1954 and 2025, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #146, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 386 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 70 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.

Abdulkarim · #2390, 21y
Abdullaah · #2142, 17y
Abdullahi · #245, 66y
Abdulmalik · #1281, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Khadija · #143, 65y
Milan · #141, 69y
Stanislaw · #151, 60y
Erika · #136, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Mohamad · #146, 70y
Maciej · #144, 63y
Marcel · #148, 58y
Nicolas · #148, 53y

Abdullah was ranked #146 in England and Wales · Boys in 2015. 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.

Abdullah 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 Abdullah without appearing here.

Abdullah moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 2010 they stood at #720 and #611 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2011 that had become #326 and #730.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #472 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #313 and #701.
Keith Compare
In 2024 they stood at #430 and #430 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #272 and #577.
Øystein Compare
In 2024 they stood at #435 and #417 in Norway · Boys; by 2025 that had become #308 and #523.

Moved ahead of Abdullah

Samuel Compare
In 1975 they stood at #480 and #505 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #502 and #260.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #429 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #484 and #245.
Archie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #342 and #473 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #472 and #252.
Theodore Compare
In 2011 they stood at #326 and #366 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #500 and #310.

Moved the opposite way to Abdullah

Ronny Compare
Between 1954 and 2011 in Norway · Boys, Abdullah went from #403 to #192 while Ronny went from #186 to #515.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 while Alan went from #163 to #592.

Moved the same way as Abdullah

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullah went from #294 to #147 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1954 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #146 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abdullah

Abdullah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abdullah across 4 official records

Abdullah by decade in Norway · Boys

Abdullah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Abdullah

Abdullah and the names beside it

Abdullah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abdullah

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Moved the same way as Abdullah

Abdullah at a glance

Abdullah across 4 official records

Abdullah by decade in Norway · Boys

Abdullah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Abdullah

Abdullah and the names beside it

Abdullah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abdullah

Moved the opposite way to Abdullah

Moved the same way as Abdullah