Meaning not yet researched.
Adam: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,501 in 2025. Its best rank was #18 in 1984.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #18 in 1984; #101 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Adam in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#101 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1984, at #18.
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Adam: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,501 boys in 2025. Peak: #18 in 1984 · most boys in one year: 23,939 (1984).
In 2025, 3,501 US boys were named Adam, making it the 101st most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #100 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 3,507 boys named Adam in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #18, reached in 1984. That year also had the most boys given the name: 23,939. For comparison, it was #73 in 2015 and #382 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adam in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 104 babies with the name. In all, 582,453 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 196,102 babies named Adam.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 40,627 US boys were named Adam; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 5,224. In 2025 that was about 1 in 488 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Adam ranked highest in New York in 2025, at #42 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 14 states (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Adams, Adem and Adama are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Czech, Dutch, English, French, German and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Adams (1,230), Adem (1,229), Adama (1,108), Adda (987), Addam (753), Aadam (363), Adom (259), Adiam (18), Adamo (16), Adeem (11), Adamm (6), Adym (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Adam in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 347 | #42 | #45 |
| Michigan | 175 | #43 | #57 |
| Illinois | 200 | #45 | #60 |
| New Jersey | 151 | #60 | #40 |
| Minnesota | 85 | #68 | #79 |
| California | 468 | #78 | #49 |
| Virginia | 109 | #78 | #61 |
| District of Columbia | 10 | #82 | #69 |
| Florida | 250 | #82 | #83 |
| Delaware | 12 | #82 | #70 |
| Maine | 15 | #82 | #149 |
| Ohio | 139 | #83 | #85 |
| Massachusetts | 81 | #88 | #59 |
| Pennsylvania | 124 | #98 | #77 |
| Washington | 77 | #101 | #92 |
| Arizona | 78 | #105 | #63 |
| Texas | 351 | #114 | #82 |
| New Mexico | 17 | #115 | #69 |
| Maryland | 46 | #128 | #78 |
| Connecticut | 28 | #132 | #64 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #136 | #108 |
| North Carolina | 90 | #137 | #98 |
| Georgia | 82 | #147 | #114 |
| Nebraska | 18 | #150 | #267 |
| Kansas | 25 | #151 | #135 |
| Indiana | 52 | #158 | #99 |
| Montana | 8 | #159 | #139 |
| Tennessee | 61 | #160 | #117 |
| South Carolina | 34 | #167 | #123 |
| Nevada | 17 | #171 | #67 |
| Colorado | 40 | #174 | #69 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #178 | #144 |
| Kentucky | 31 | #180 | #105 |
| Iowa | 23 | #180 | #110 |
| Missouri | 39 | #181 | #113 |
| Oregon | 23 | #181 | #102 |
| Arkansas | 19 | #190 | #133 |
| Idaho | 13 | #196 | #99 |
| Louisiana | 26 | #198 | #134 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #214 | #134 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | #220 | #115 |
| Wisconsin | 27 | #222 | #142 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #230 | #98 |
| Utah | 22 | #233 | #90 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #239 | #184 |
| Alabama | 17 | #315 | #162 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,464 | 3,501 | #101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,133 | 3,507 | #100 |
| 2023 | — | — | 3,487 | #103 |
| 2022 | — | — | 3,638 | #99 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,294 | 3,657 | #104 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,164 | 3,781 | #97 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,465 | 4,188 | #91 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,485 | 4,711 | #78 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,632 | 4,933 | #77 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,353 | 5,224 | #75 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,515 | 5,404 | #73 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,090 | 5,344 | #79 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,584 | 5,251 | #82 |
| 2012 | — | — | 5,323 | #82 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,726 | 5,215 | #81 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,261 | 5,111 | #80 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,727 | 5,676 | #74 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,969 | 6,098 | #72 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,944 | 6,790 | #65 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,295 | 6,806 | #64 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,894 | 6,846 | #64 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,821 | 7,474 | #58 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,587 | 7,690 | #58 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,115 | 7,754 | #55 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,729 | 7,758 | #51 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,488 | 8,136 | #45 |
| 1999 | 21 | #5,039 | 8,223 | #44 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,105 | 8,356 | #45 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,164 | 8,805 | #39 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,309 | 9,557 | #39 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,644 | 10,485 | #38 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,098 | 11,023 | #38 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,673 | 11,534 | #39 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,091 | 11,905 | #36 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,651 | 12,308 | #36 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,156 | 14,713 | #32 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,072 | 16,928 | #27 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,564 | 16,467 | #26 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,336 | 16,931 | #27 |
| 1986 | 90 | #1,420 | 18,157 | #24 |
| 1985 | 117 | #1,201 | 20,165 | #22 |
| 1984 | 142 | #1,007 | 23,939 | #18 |
| 1983 | 132 | #1,049 | 23,488 | #18 |
| 1982 | 116 | #1,178 | 20,099 | #19 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,549 | 20,044 | #20 |
| 1980 | 96 | #1,318 | 18,868 | #22 |
| 1979 | 97 | #1,294 | 17,046 | #23 |
| 1978 | 68 | #1,581 | 13,918 | #29 |
| 1977 | 61 | #1,701 | 11,030 | #33 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 | 9,937 | #36 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 | 8,646 | #38 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 | 8,421 | #36 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,064 | 6,842 | #45 |
| 1972 | 25 | #2,747 | 5,740 | #51 |
| 1971 | 26 | #2,736 | 5,846 | #57 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 | 4,313 | #72 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,318 | 2,860 | #114 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,489 | 2,540 | #119 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,457 | 2,524 | #118 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,740 | 2,498 | #123 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,832 | 2,561 | #125 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,879 | 2,850 | #122 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,296 | 2,346 | #145 |
| 1962 | — | — | 2,149 | #154 |
| 1961 | — | — | 1,579 | #193 |
| 1960 | — | — | 1,018 | #249 |
| 1959 | — | — | 582 | #322 |
| 1958 | — | — | 467 | #353 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,378 | 432 | #370 |
| 1956 | — | — | 390 | #380 |
| 1955 | — | — | 354 | #382 |
| 1954 | — | — | 281 | #428 |
| 1953 | — | — | 324 | #389 |
| 1952 | — | — | 294 | #404 |
| 1951 | — | — | 300 | #390 |
| 1950 | — | — | 308 | #382 |
| 1949 | — | — | 300 | #388 |
| 1948 | — | — | 240 | #430 |
| 1947 | — | — | 269 | #417 |
| 1946 | — | — | 247 | #406 |
| 1945 | — | — | 210 | #415 |
| 1944 | — | — | 220 | #404 |
| 1943 | — | — | 253 | #385 |
| 1942 | — | — | 240 | #391 |
| 1941 | — | — | 230 | #381 |
| 1940 | — | — | 227 | #379 |
| 1939 | — | — | 216 | #385 |
| 1938 | — | — | 214 | #385 |
| 1937 | — | — | 222 | #364 |
| 1936 | — | — | 216 | #371 |
| 1935 | — | — | 237 | #356 |
| 1934 | — | — | 239 | #355 |
| 1933 | — | — | 234 | #351 |
| 1932 | — | — | 258 | #344 |
| 1931 | — | — | 300 | #313 |
| 1930 | — | — | 273 | #337 |
| 1929 | — | — | 306 | #315 |
| 1928 | — | — | 359 | #297 |
| 1927 | — | — | 389 | #287 |
| 1926 | — | — | 425 | #277 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,426 | 452 | #268 |
| 1924 | — | — | 465 | #263 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,971 | 428 | #273 |
| 1922 | — | — | 469 | #260 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,101 | 583 | #228 |
| 1920 | — | — | 579 | #223 |
| 1919 | — | — | 542 | #224 |
| 1918 | — | — | 653 | #197 |
| 1917 | — | — | 614 | #193 |
| 1916 | — | — | 609 | #189 |
| 1915 | — | — | 574 | #194 |
| 1914 | — | — | 489 | #182 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,188 | 349 | #192 |
| 1912 | — | — | 307 | #188 |
| 1911 | — | — | 189 | #170 |
| 1910 | — | — | 154 | #182 |
| 1909 | — | — | 113 | #193 |
| 1908 | — | — | 109 | #192 |
| 1907 | — | — | 127 | #169 |
| 1906 | — | — | 105 | #173 |
| 1905 | — | — | 101 | #183 |
| 1904 | — | — | 103 | #175 |
| 1903 | — | — | 82 | #193 |
| 1902 | — | — | 99 | #172 |
| 1901 | — | — | 71 | #201 |
| 1900 | — | — | 111 | #187 |
| 1899 | — | — | 74 | #185 |
| 1898 | — | — | 87 | #179 |
| 1897 | — | — | 88 | #175 |
| 1896 | — | — | 96 | #164 |
| 1895 | — | — | 78 | #190 |
| 1894 | — | — | 86 | #176 |
| 1893 | — | — | 87 | #166 |
| 1892 | — | — | 106 | #151 |
| 1891 | — | — | 87 | #149 |
| 1890 | — | — | 74 | #180 |
| 1889 | — | — | 93 | #153 |
| 1888 | — | — | 120 | #130 |
| 1887 | — | — | 84 | #150 |
| 1886 | — | — | 103 | #134 |
| 1885 | — | — | 96 | #141 |
| 1884 | — | — | 83 | #167 |
| 1883 | — | — | 107 | #118 |
| 1882 | — | — | 114 | #123 |
| 1881 | — | — | 116 | #108 |
| 1880 | — | — | 104 | #123 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).