boys:
8.7k births since 1947
#1264 (72nd percentile)
overall:
8.7k births since 1947
#2897 (63rd percentile)
The name Abdullah is the #2,897 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,725 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 62.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,264 (72.4% percentile) for all time with 8,725 births since 1947.
Abdullah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (first recorded for boys in 1947). Birth data for Abdullah is available in 63 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Abdullah reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 39.6% percentile (ranked #546) with 202 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 202 births per million (ranked 39.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Abdullah ranks #603 for boys (33.8% percentile) with 180 births per million, which is 89.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Abdullah".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Abdullah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.9% confident that Abdullah is pronounced as uhb-DOO-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ab-DUH-luh, at 31.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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