Adam

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #101 for boys in 2025, 3,501 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#18
1984 · 23,939 births
Debut · boys
1880
104 births
In top 100 · boys
53 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
580,378
since 1880

Adam over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #18, 1984boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#1013,501
2024#11,1228#1003,507
2023—#1033,487
2022—#993,638
2021#15,2515#1043,657
2020#12,1427#973,781
2019#12,4487#914,188
2018#12,4647#784,711
2017#11,6158#774,933
2016#14,3316#755,224
2015#14,4826#735,404
2014#13,0697#795,344
2013#16,5475#825,251
2012—#825,323
2011#9,72311#815,215
2010#11,2469#805,111
2009#13,7047#745,676
2008#8,96513#726,098
2007#13,9247#656,790
2006#9,28612#646,806
2005#7,89114#646,846
2004#3,81937#587,474
2003#5,58621#587,690
2002#11,1088#557,754
2001#7,72413#517,758
2000#6,48716#458,136
1999#5,03921#448,223
1998#7,10413#458,356
1997#6,16315#398,805
1996#4,30624#399,557
1995#6,64113#3810,485
1994#3,09837#3811,023
1993#4,67121#3911,534
1992#3,09137#3611,905
1991#4,65021#3612,308
1990#3,15635#3214,713
1989#2,07260#2716,928
1988#1,56484#2616,467
1987#1,336102#2716,931
1986#1,42090#2418,157
1985#1,201117#2220,165
1984#1,007142#1823,939
1983#1,049132#1823,488
1982#1,178116#1920,099
1981#1,54977#2020,044
1980#1,31896#2218,868
1979#1,29497#2317,046
1978#1,58168#2913,918
1977#1,70161#3311,030
1976#1,96845#369,937
1975#1,98644#388,646
1974#1,77250#368,421
1973#2,06439#456,842
1972#2,74725#515,740
1971#2,73626#575,846
1970#3,11021#724,313
1969#3,31817#1142,860
1968#4,48910#1192,540
1967#5,4577#1182,524
1966#3,74012#1232,498
1965#4,8318#1252,561
1964#3,87912#1222,850
1963#5,2967#1452,346
1962—#1542,149
1961—#1931,579
1960—#2491,018
1959—#322582
1958—#353467
1957#5,3776#370432
1956—#380390
1955—#382354
1954—#428281
1953—#389324
1952—#404294
1951—#390300
1950—#382308
1949—#388300
1948—#430240
1947—#417269
1946—#406247
1945—#415210
1944—#404220
1943—#385253
1942—#391240
1941—#381230
1940—#379227
1939—#385216
1938—#385214
1937—#364222
1936—#371216
1935—#356237
1934—#355239
1933—#351234
1932—#344258
1931—#313300
1930—#337273
1929—#315306
1928—#297359
1927—#287389
1926—#277425
1925#4,4266#268452
1924—#263465
1923#3,9717#273428
1922—#260469
1921#5,0995#228583
1920—#223579
1919—#224542
1918—#197653
1917—#193614
1916—#189609
1915—#194574
1914—#182489
1913#3,1875#192349
1912—#188307
1911—#170189
1910—#182154
1909—#193113
1908—#192109
1907—#169127
1906—#173105
1905—#183101
1904—#175103
1903—#19382
1902—#17299
1901—#20171
1900—#187111
1899—#18574
1898—#17987
1897—#17588
1896—#16496
1895—#19078
1894—#17686
1893—#16687
1892—#151106
1891—#14987
1890—#18074
1889—#15393
1888—#130120
1887—#15084
1886—#134103
1885—#14196
1884—#16783
1883—#118107
1882—#123114
1881—#108116
1880—#123104
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adam was already there! It came in at #123, and was given to 104 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1906, when fewer than 110 boys a year got the name.

See more about Adam
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#100 → #101)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#97 → #101)
  • 28 spots since 2015 (#73 → #101)
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1960 (#322 → #249)
  • Biggest drop: 49 spots in 1884 (#118 → #167)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1984 at #18 (23,939 births)
  • Births halved by 1992, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 53 yrs · run 1970–2020
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 75
  • Highest: 1 in 75 boys born in 1984 were named Adam (1.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 488 boys born in 2025 (0.20%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 33.6% of all boys named Adam (195,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,020#108 (1881)#135
1890s863#149 (1891)#172
1900s1,021#169 (1907)#184
1910s4,480#170 (1911)#191
1920s4,455#223 (1920)#269
1930s2,409#313 (1931)#356
1940s2,436#379 (1940)#400
1950s3,732#322 (1959)#380
1960s22,925#114 (1969)#146
1970s91,739#23 (1979)#42
1980s195,086#18 (1984)#22
1990s106,909#32 (1990)#39
2000s71,028#45 (2000)#61
2010s50,704#73 (2015)#80
2020s21,571#97 (2020)#101

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.

Adam in 2015

girls
#14,482
6 births · 1 in 297,516 girls
boys
#73
5,404 births · 1 in 355 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #14,482Adam6

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #73Adam5,404
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 297,516 of them was named Adam, which outranked 24.3% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adam
  1. #13,006Zyliah7
  2. #13,006Zymira7
  3. #13,006Zyniyah7
  4. #14,482Adam6
  5. #14,482Aafia6
  6. #14,482Aailyah6
  7. #14,482Aala6
  8. #16,419Aabriella5
  9. #16,419Aada5
  10. #16,419Aailiyah5

Tied with 1,936 names at #14,482; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 355 of them was named Adam, which outranked 99.5% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adam
  1. #70Gavin5,794
  2. #71Nolan5,739
  3. #72Parker5,418
  4. #73Adam5,404
  5. #74Chase5,387
  6. #75Jace5,357
  7. #76Ian5,332
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →