Adams

Where Adams comes from

Adams hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1814
    Adams George Archibald born
    Canadian politician
  2. 1898
    Debut at its peak, #885
    #885 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  3. 1899
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1985
    Adams Abdul Salam born
    Ghanaian politician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Adams George Archibald · Canadian politician, 1814–1892
  • Adams Abdul Salam · Ghanaian politician, born 1985
  • Adams Friday · Nigerian footballer, born 2002

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.