Abdallah — #2802 US boys' name
1,591 babies named Abdallah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Abdallah was born in this single decade.
71 babies were named Abdallah in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abdallah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,591 babies named Abdallah between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abdallah currently holds the #2802 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 71 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abdallah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 547 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Abdallah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Abdallah in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abdallah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,591 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Abdallah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Abdallah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2018)
- 71
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #2802 among boys.
1,591 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 71 births in a single year.
Abdallah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 547 births that decade — 34% of Abdallah's all-time total
Abdallah decade highlights
- Peak decade 547 births
- Runner-up 450 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Abdallah's strongest decade
547 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Abdallah by state
Where Abdallah concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 114 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 77 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 73 | 4.6% |
| #4 | California | | 51 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Texas | | 51 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 24 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 18 | 1.1% |
114 of 1,591 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.8% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.6% of nationwide
- California 3.2% of nationwide
- Texas 3.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Abdallah appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.