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How popular is the name Abdul?
Births per year, rank history and how many Abduls are alive today.
Abdul (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 177th in 2025 with 292 babies given the name. The name peaked in 1974, when around 690 babies were given the name, the 86th most popular that year. Abdul fell out of the published rankings after 1954 and returned in 1974, a classic revival pattern. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 44,000 babies have been named Abdul in England and Wales since 1934. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Abdul you are most likely to meet is around 53 years old. Half of all Abduls born in England and Wales are between 36 and 68, and there are at least 38,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Abdul.
How many babies are named Abdul each year?
Where does Abdul rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Abdul most popular?
Abdul peaked in 1974, when around 690 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Abdul?
At least 38,000 people named Abdul born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Abdul?
Most living Abduls are between 36 and 68; the most common age is about 53.
Is Abdul becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.