Abdullahi is the Somali and Hausa form of Abdullah, the Arabic name that means "servant of God" and belonged to the father of the Prophet Muhammad. In the United States it is strongly tied to the Somali community of Minnesota and the Hausa diaspora. Abdullahi stood at number 2675 in 2000, climbed to its best rank of 1459 in 2013 and sits at number 2992 in 2025.