Abdiel
Means “servant of God”*
Boy’s name · Hebrew
What Abdiel means
Means “servant of God”
Borrowed from Hebrew עֲבְדִּיאֵל (“servant of God”).
Source: Wiktionary, “Abdiel” (revision 83827171), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.
How popular is Abdiel?
▲ 70 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #873 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 552 boys got the name (#520 that year). First in the US records in 1976.
How common
- About 1 in 3,665 baby boys in the US in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.54 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.53 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Abdiel is #607 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #607 | 466 | 1 in 3,665 | #873 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Abdiel were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 0 | 466 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 0 | 7,715 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 11 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Abdiel
Boys
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- Jeremias#853“Yahweh exalt”*
- Gideon#337Editor’s note Down from #327 in 2015 to #337 in 2025 in the US
- Matthias#372From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”*
- Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”*
For a sister
- Naomi#47“my pleasantness”*
- Hadassah#569“myrtle”*
- Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
- Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
- Zara#212“flower”*
- Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Abdiel’s. Rank is US 2025.
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