Given name & surname
Abdulrahman
Abdulrahman is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Abdulrahman isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abdulrahman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,947
- 2,947 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 155 babies
- 2025
- 109
- #1,564 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 109 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,564 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 155 in 2016. In 2025, Michigan had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,518 as a first name in 2020; 1,322 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.
Abdulrahman’s family of names
Abdulrahman may belong to the same name family as ABDULLRAHMAN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Abdulrahman
- Abdul El-SayedAmerican politician and epidemiologistborn 1984
- Abdulrahman Al-AboudSaudi association football playerborn 1995
- AbdulRahman AbdulRazaqNigerian politicianborn 1960
- Abdulrahman Mohamed BabuZanzibari revolutionary Marxist (1924–1996)
- Abdulrahman AlrajhiSaudi Arabian equestrianborn 1995
- Abdulrahman KinanaTanzanian politicianborn 1951
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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