Servant of the...
A common Arabic name that serves as a prefix meaning 'servant of the'. It is traditionally combined with one of the 99 names of Allah, such as Abdul-Aziz (Servant of the Mighty) or Abdul-Rahman (Servant of the Merciful).
Less common today
Abdul isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #902 in 1997.
NBA all-time leading scorer (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
Aerospace scientist and 11th President of India
Nobel Prize-winning novelist
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
