Adin

Where Adin comes from

Adin 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. 1803
    Adin Ballou born
    American minister
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,915 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 2000
    Adin Ross born
    American live streamer
  4. 2007
    Peak, #987
    198 babies named Adin — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,751.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Adin Ross · American live streamer, born 2000
  • Adin Ballou · American minister, 1803–1890
  • Adin Hill · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1996
  • Adin Vrabac · Bosnian basketball player, born 1994
  • Adin B. Capron · American politician, 1841–1911

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.