Abdullahi

maleStatistical record

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

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

Abdullahi: Recorded since 1954, it reached #245 in 1998, and it stood at #418 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
93times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#245highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#818
1997	#759
1998	#1188
1999	#776
2000	#751
2001	#686
2002	#546
2003	#509
2004	#523
2005	#605
2006	#462
2007	#551
2008	#668
2009	#581
2010	#668
2011	#602
2012	#666
2013	#684
2014	#854
2015	#856
2016	#858
2017	#806
2018	#1013
2019	#952
2020	#944
2021	#1184
2022	#1224
2023	#1461
2024	#1402

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 64 of the 71 years from 1954 to 2024.

In 2024: #418 among boys in Norway, #1402 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1954–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1954
First recorded at #404 among boys in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1954–2024
Highest recorded position: #245 among boys in Norway, in 1998 (recorded 1954–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Abdullahi appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 64 years beginning in 1954, and has registered 609 births with the name.

Abdullahi 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.

Abdullahi'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	#404 (1954)	#245 (1998)	#418 (2024)	64 of 71	609 (1954–2024)	20 (1998)
England and Wales · Boys	#818 (1996)	#462 (2006)	#1402 (2024)	29 of 29	1,045 (1996–2024)	69 (2006)

Abdullahi 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 Abdullahi 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	71	10 of 10	7
1970s	62	9 of 10	7
1980sbusiest	121	10 of 10	12
1990s	115	10 of 10	12
2000s	121	10 of 10	12
2010s	92	10 of 10	9
2020s	18	3 of 10	6

Across Norway · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Abdullahi 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #245 in Norway in 1998.

Abdullahi'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	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1224	22	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1013	28	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#806	40	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#858	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#856	36	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#854	35	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#684	48	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#666	51	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#602	57	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#668	47	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#581	56	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#668	45	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#551	56	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#462	69	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#605	44	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#523	50	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#509	47	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#546	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#686	26	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#751	23	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#776	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#818	18	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#418	6	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#424	6	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#394	6	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#346	10	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#362	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#310	13	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#445	6	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#331	12	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#457	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#339	12	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#462	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#378	9	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#287	16	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#411	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#281	15	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#278	15	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#297	12	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#327	10	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#391	8	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#264	15	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#441	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#273	16	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#252	17	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#245	20	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#336	11	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#321	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#373	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#359	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#491	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#333	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#508	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#405	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#381	11	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#277	17	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#374	11	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#316	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#279	18	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#377	11	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#458	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#481	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#483	7	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#293	16	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#555	5	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#434	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#524	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#576	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#365	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#587	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#532	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#312	13	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#437	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#293	13	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#409	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#485	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#314	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#500	4	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#335	9	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#407	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#455	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#433	5	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#377	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#404	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 2024, ranked in 66 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #245, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 69 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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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Abdulrahman · #357, 45y

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.

Anneli · #225, 64y
Lennart · #267, 61y
Asta · #217, 65y
Fatma · #282, 68y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

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

Abdi · #247, 60y
Marija · #243, 53y
Fadumo · #248, 57y
Steve · #242, 70y

Abdullahi was ranked #245 in Norway · Boys in 1998. 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.

Abdullahi 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 Abdullahi without appearing here.

Abdullahi moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #952 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #944 and #1723.
Jon Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1461 and #1407 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #1758.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1188 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #776 and #1082.
Craig Compare
In 2015 they stood at #856 and #821 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #858 and #1157.

Moved ahead of Abdullahi

Samuel Compare
In 1975 they stood at #365 and #505 in Norway · Boys; by 1976 that had become #576 and #260.
Cillian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #684 and #730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #854 and #550.
Kevin Compare
In 1972 they stood at #459 and #477 in Norway · Boys; by 1973 that had become #532 and #245.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #759 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1188 and #924.

Moved the opposite way to Abdullahi

Sander Compare
Between 1968 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Abdullahi went from #293 to #418 while Sander went from #555 to #28.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Abdullahi

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Abdullahi went from #818 to #1402 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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 2 regions, from 1954 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #245 in Norway in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Abdullahi

Abdullahi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Abdullahi across 2 official records

Abdullahi by decade in Norway · Boys

Abdullahi appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Abdullahi and the names beside it

Abdullahi moved ahead of

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Abdullahi at a glance

Abdullahi across 2 official records

Abdullahi by decade in Norway · Boys

Abdullahi 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 Abdullahi

Abdullahi and the names beside it

Abdullahi moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Abdullahi

Moved the opposite way to Abdullahi

Moved the same way as Abdullahi