Abdullah is a moderately popular boys' name in England & Wales, ranking #294 in 1996 with 85 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2015 with 386 births ranking #146. In 1996, approximately 1 in every 3,747 boys born was named Abdullah. STABLE Recent data shows the name is currently stable.
Abdullah is a well-established Arabic name meaning "servant of Allah". It is a devotional name with a clear religious structure and has been used widely across Muslim communities for centuries.
The name has deep roots in Islamic history and has long been common across the Arabic-speaking world and beyond. It belongs to the wider family of Arabic names built from ΚΏabd, meaning "servant", followed by a divine name.