Abdias
Masculine · “servant of the Lord”
Abdias is Obadiah as Greek and Latin wrote it, and the Hebrew is a job description: a servant of the Lord. It belongs to one of the shortest books in the Bible — twenty-one verses, and no biography of the man attached.
How old is the name Abdias?
Abdias first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Abdias is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Abdias are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abdias most popular?
Abdias peaked in 2016, reaching #2551 nationally. Today it ranks #2884, 333 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ovadyah to Abdias
The story of Abdias
Obadiah is the shortest book in the Hebrew Bible and it is a single oracle against Edom; nothing is recorded about the prophet who gave it his name. A different Obadiah appears in Kings as a steward who hides prophets from Ahab. The Greek Bible rendered the name Abdias, and that is the form that entered the Romance languages. It reaches United States records almost entirely from Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking families, where the Hebrew stock of names is in far wider daily use than in English.
Meaning
servant of the Lord
Hebrew Ovadyah joins eved, 'servant' or 'slave', to Yah, the shortened divine name. The construction is the same one behind the Arabic Abdullah, which means the identical thing in a cognate language. The reading is documented and undisputed. Abdias is the Greek and Latin form, which Spanish, Portuguese and French inherited.
How the name formed
- Ovadyah
- Abdias
Related forms: Obadiah · Abdías · Abdias · Abdullah
Pronouncing Abdias
ab-DEE-as
Three syllables with the stress in the middle, which the Spanish accent marks. English speakers say AB-dee-us, moving the stress forward and reducing the ending.
Nicknames for Abdias
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 201649 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2551reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- −2.3%43 in 2025, from 44
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Abdias in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Obadiah in English — same name
- Abdías in Spanish — spelling variant
- Abdias in Portuguese — same name
- Abdullah in Arabic — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Abdiass among us
people named Abdias are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was named Abdias
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kedar test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Abdias's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kedar climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kedar's path sketches the road Abdias is walking now.
Abdias sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Abdias is headed
Abdias should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Abdias beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Abdias in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented biblical name with a clear and humble meaning.
- Abdi and Abi are both natural short forms in different traditions.
- Three syllables that read correctly in Spanish and Portuguese alike.
- Obadiah is the English form and the two look entirely unrelated on paper.
- The stress moves between Spanish and English, so the child will hear two versions.
- Outside Spanish-speaking communities it will be spelled out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Abdiass are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Abdias are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abdias in 2025?
- Abdias ranks #2884 among US boy names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Abdias?
- About 1 in every 39,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Abdias — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Abdias with classmates?
- Abdias will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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