Abdullah is a moderately popular boys' name in England & Wales, ranking #184 in 2017 with 293 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2015 with 386 births ranking #146. Since 1996, the popularity has increased by 244.7%. In 2017, approximately 1 in every 1,102 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.