Given name & surname
Abdullahi
Abdullahi is a masculine given name. It is used in English and Hausa.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdullahi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,843
- 1,843 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #2,992 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,992 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 113 in 2013. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,108 as a first name in 2020; 4,776 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Abdullahi’s family of names
In Hausa usage, Abdullahi has a short form in ABDU. In Hausa usage, Abdullahi has a conventional equivalent in the German form Abdullah. In Hausa usage, Abdullahi has a short form in AUDU.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Abdullahi has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Abdullahi
- Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmedformer president of Puntland and President of Somalia (dead 2012)1934–2012
- Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'imProfessor of Law at Emory University School of Lawborn 1946
- Abdullahi Ibrahimformer Nigerian Minister of Justice1939–2021
- Abdullahi Umar GandujeNigerian politician, governor, chief executive officerborn 1949
- Abdullahi AdamuNigerian politician, Governor of Nasarawa Stateborn 1946
- Abdullahi SuleNigerian politicianborn 1959
- Abdullahi MustaphaNigerian academicborn 1948
- Abdullahi dan FodioSultan of Gwandu1767–1828
- Abdullahi KusoNigerian basketball player (born 1984)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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