boy's name

Abdou

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,765

Abdou is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2012, when 45 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 16,843 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1954.

Abdou over time

Births per decade in France, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Abdou by decade in France
Decade Births
1950s 20
1960s 50
1970s 80
1980s 165
1990s 170
2000s 230
2010s 375
2020s (to 2025) 225

How popular is Abdou?

In 2025, Abdou was given to 35 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Abdou is used

France #1,058 35 in 2025
Canada #1,747 12 in 2024
England & Wales #3,985 5 in 2025
United States #7,388 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Abdou

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Abdou also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Abdou over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Abdou

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Abdou — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Abdou

How popular is the name Abdou?

In 2025, Abdou was given to 35 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Abdou a girl's or a boy's name?

Abdou is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Abdou most popular?

Abdou peaked in 2012, when 45 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Abdou a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Abdou currently ranks #1,058 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.