Adams

#3,450 for boys in 2025, 33 births

Peak · boys
1898 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,230
since 1898

Adams over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Adams has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #885, 1898boys
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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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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,45033
2024#3,21637
2023#3,17738
2022#4,30324
2021#5,56216
2020#7,50210
2019#5,15318
2018#6,03614
2017#4,22424
2016#5,12418
2015#7,06611
2014#6,63212
2013#7,53710
2012#7,05011
2011#7,00911
2010#8,8038
2009#6,80212
2008#12,5535
2007#5,90114
2006#7,9989
2005#6,22612
2004#5,49214
2003#5,03515
2002#5,13114
2001#6,01311
2000#5,29713
1999#4,53715
1998#6,3149
1997#6,6188
1996#7,1367
1995#4,28014
1994#5,8689
1993#3,50118
1992#3,74816
1991#4,47612
1990#2,55326
1989#2,02735
1988#1,81537
1987#1,76037
1986#1,79134
1985#2,29323
1984#1,63036
1983#1,47042
1982#1,89029
1981#1,81131
1980#2,11025
1979#2,31021
1978#1,76030
1977#2,27020
1976#2,32919
1975#2,75114
1974#2,45916
1973#3,4459
1972#2,81912
1971#2,81312
1970#3,5218
1969#2,86110
1968#3,6736
1967#3,5596
1966
1965#3,2447
1964#3,2827
1963#4,0485
1962
1961
1960#4,0385
1959
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1955#2,9648
1954
1953#3,7985
1952
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1950#3,6815
1949
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1939#3,1136
1938#3,5345
1937#3,1756
1936
1935#3,2526
1934
1933#3,6425
1932#3,3616
1931
1930#4,0015
1929
1928#2,8439
1927#4,2105
1926
1925
1924#3,5057
1923#3,8226
1922#3,2528
1921
1920#4,2865
1919#2,38512
1918#2,69910
1917
1916#3,8975
1915
1914#2,10110
1913#2,8215
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1898#8857
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five boys were named Adams! It came in at #885, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1899–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Adams
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 234 spots since 2024 (#3,216#3,450)
  • 4,052 spots since 2020 (#7,502#3,450)
  • 3,616 spots since 2015 (#7,066#3,450)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1898 at #885 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1899, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1898
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,526
  • Highest: 1 in 17,526 boys born in 1898 were named Adams (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,760 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 26.7% of all boys named Adams (329) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s7#885 (1898)#885
1900s0
1910s42#2,101 (1914)#2,781
1920s40#2,843 (1928)#3,653
1930s39#3,113 (1939)#3,440
1940s0
1950s18#2,964 (1955)#3,481
1960s46#2,861 (1969)#3,529
1970s161#1,760 (1978)#2,648
1980s329#1,470 (1983)#1,860
1990s134#2,553 (1990)#4,903
2000s119#5,035 (2003)#6,645
2010s137#4,224 (2017)#6,463
2020s158#3,177 (2023)#4,535

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.

Adams in 1964

boys
#3,282
7 births · 1 in 284,671 boys

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #3,282Adams7
More about 1964

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 284,671 of them was named Adams, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adams
  1. #3,050Windsor8
  2. #3,050Yvette8
  3. #3,050Zev8
  4. #3,282Adams7
  5. #3,282Aarron7
  6. #3,282Abimael7
  7. #3,282Adell7
  8. #3,601Able6
  9. #3,601Adriano6
  10. #3,601Alanzo6

Tied with 318 names at #3,282; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964