Adam
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning man, earth.
Babies a year
1,431
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#101
down from #100
UK popularity
#26
1,431 babies · up from #35
How Adam has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #73 |
| 2016 | #75 |
| 2017 | #78 |
| 2018 | #78 |
| 2019 | #90 |
| 2020 | #97 |
| 2021 | #104 |
| 2022 | #97 |
| 2023 | #102 |
| 2024 | #100 |
| 2025 | #101 |
In 2025, 1,431 babies in England and Wales were named Adam. In the US, 4,910 were, though that figure is from 2017 — the most recent full year we hold. Its US peak was 23,934 in 1984.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Adam was most common in 1985, when it went to 1.05% of American babies of that sex.
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