Abdoulaye
Masculine · “servant of God”
Abdoulaye is the West African form of Abdullah — servant of God — with French spelling.
How old is the name Abdoulaye?
Abdoulaye first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Abdoulaye alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,000 people named Abdoulaye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Abdoulaye most popular?
Abdoulaye peaked in 2025, reaching #2480 nationally. Today it ranks #2480, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Abdoulaye appears on this list:
Where it comes from
From abd Allah to Abdoulaye
The story of Abdoulaye
Islam reached West Africa across the Sahara from the eleventh century, and Arabic names were reshaped by Wolof, Fula and Mande speech; French colonial record-keeping then spelled them its own way, giving Abdoulaye, Moussa and Ousmane. It is standard in Senegal and Mali and is in current American use.
Meaning
servant of God
From the Arabic abd Allah, 'servant of God', reshaped in West African languages and spelled with French orthography. A hadith names Abdullah among the names most beloved to God. The Arabic is documented and the West African form well attested.
How the name formed
- abd Allah
- Abdullah
- Abdoulaye
Related forms: عبد الله · Abdullah · Abdoulaye
Pronouncing Abdoulaye
ab-doo-LY
Three syllables, stress on the third. The French spelling gives the oo and the final ay sounds.
Nicknames for Abdoulaye
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
- 1992
- Most boys named
- 202554 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2480reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +28.6%54 in 2025, from 42
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.
Abdoulaye in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- عبد الله in Arabic — related form
- Abdullah in English — related form
- Abdoulaye in Wolof — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Abdoulayes among us
people named Abdoulaye are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 31,631 born in 2025 was named Abdoulaye
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 Marcy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Abdoulaye's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marcy climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marcy's path sketches the road Abdoulaye is walking now.
Abdoulaye 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 Abdoulaye is headed
Abdoulaye 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.
Abdoulaye beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Abdoulaye in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a hadith names it among the names God loves best is a first-rate fact.
- Abdou and Laye are two short forms, both with real use.
- It records a real thousand-year history of Islam in West Africa.
- The French spelling will confuse English speakers.
- Abdullah is the form most people will recognize.
- Three syllables and an unfamiliar spelling will need dictating.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Abdoulaye to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Abdoulaye? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Abdoulaye
Masculine · #2480 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Abdoulayes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Abdoulaye are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Abdoulaye in 2025?
- Abdoulaye ranks #2480 among US boy names in 2025, with 54 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Abdoulaye?
- About 1 in every 31,631 US boys born in 2025 was named Abdoulaye — 54 in all.
- Will my child share the name Abdoulaye with classmates?
- Abdoulaye will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Abdoulaye
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Arya#2480 · Kaeson#2480 · Demian#2480 · Marion#2480 · Florian#2480 · Niles#2480 · Hardy#2480 · Caine#2480
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Abdoulaye? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Abdoulaye and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle