US rank #5135 Boys' name Peak 2024 306 births

Abdou — #5135 US boys' name

306 babies named Abdou in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s382000s1032010s1002020s65
#5135
of 14,243 boys in use

More common than 64% of names given to boys today.

2000s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Abdou was born in this single decade.

2024
Single peak year

19 babies were named Abdou in 2024 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Abdou

The Social Security Administration has registered 306 babies named Abdou between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abdou currently holds the #5135 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Abdou performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 103 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Abdou shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Abdou in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Abdou 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 306 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.

Abdou at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

306

Since 1991

34 years of records

Peak year

2024

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#5,135

Among boys

As of 2024

Active since

1991

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2024

Abdou popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
19
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
05101520 202420202016201220082004200019941991 5

Abdou by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
103 births that decade — 34% of Abdou's all-time total
1990s382000s1032010s1002020s65

Abdou by state

Where Abdou concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Abdou
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
38 12.4%
New York share of Abdou's total US births 12.4%

38 of 306 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Abdou?
306 babies have been named Abdou since 1991. It currently ranks #5135 among boys. The peak year was 2024 with 19 births.
When was Abdou most popular?
Abdou was most popular in the 2000s decade with 103 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Abdou most popular?
The top states for the name Abdou are New York (38 births).
How long has the name Abdou been used?
Abdou has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 34 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Abdou?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Abdullah, Abdiel, Abdul, Abdulrahman, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1991–2024 (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.