Adal

#7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births

Peak · boys
2000 · 33 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
408
since 1985

Adal over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adal has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021peak #2,736, 2000boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#7,19411
2024#6,19914
2023#7,28911
2022#6,82812
2021#4,78020
2020#5,98014
2019#12,1455
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2016#7,60510
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2014#12,1085
2013#12,1365
2012#6,30613
2011#6,25613
2010#6,69812
2009#5,80015
2008#5,24917
2007#4,37522
2006#2,93238
2005#3,44728
2004#4,26420
2003#4,27619
2002#3,34926
2001#3,84221
2000#2,73633
1999#4,76214
1998#9,6315
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First appearance
1985

The first year at least five boys were named Adal! It came in at #6,523, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1985–1998, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Adal is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedHITexas: #2,455 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 34,225 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Adal, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,455 · 1 in 34,225

Best ever in a state: #1,110 in Texas, 2000.

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See more about Adal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 995 spots since 2024 (#6,199 → #7,194)
  • 1,214 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #7,194)
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1985
  • Peaked 2000 at #2,736 (33 births)
  • Births halved by 2009, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 54,086
  • Highest: 1 in 54,086 boys born in 2006 were named Adal (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 155,280 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,736 in 2000, was only 1 in 59,515 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 58.6% of all boys named Adal (239) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s5#6,523 (1985)#6,523
1990s19#4,762 (1999)#7,197
2000s239#2,736 (2000)#4,027
2010s63#6,256 (2011)#9,036
2020s82#4,780 (2021)#6,378

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Adal in 2021

boys
#4,780
20 births · 1 in 87,474 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #4,780Adal20
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 87,474 of them was named Adal, which outranked 66.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adal
  1. #4,628Zebadiah21
  2. #4,628Zhane21
  3. #4,628Zyden21
  4. #4,780Adal20
  5. #4,780Aaditya20
  6. #4,780Aaiden20
  7. #4,780Aakash20
  8. #4,936Adley19
  9. #4,936Alanzo19
  10. #4,936Alegend19

Tied with 155 names at #4,780; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. ↑ 536Amiri#1,295 → #759
  2. ↑ 438Eliam#1,177 → #739
  3. ↑ 343Colter#972 → #629
  4. ↑ 333Ozzy#1,046 → #713
  5. ↑ 299Loyal#1,053 → #754
Fallers
  1. ↓ 352Jaxtyn#585 → #937
  2. ↓ 259Karsyn#698 → #957
  3. ↓ 231Xzavier#976 → #1,207
  4. ↓ 208Tristen#846 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 208Willie#992 → #1,200

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2021 →