Aadam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AD-am
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #589 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Aadam is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “man; from the earth”. In 2025 it ranked 589th for boys in the UK (72 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aadam mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Adam common in Muslim families
“man; from the earth”
Adam is the first man in the Bible and the Qur'an, where he is also honoured as the first prophet.
Is Aadam a girl's or a boy's name?
Aadam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 72 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aadam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #589among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 72about 1 in 4,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 72 boys in the UK were named Aadam, making it the 589th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 485th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 148 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aadam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,647 boys in the UK were given Aadam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #28, up from #589 for this spelling alone.
- Adam 1,575
- Aadam 72
Among boys in 2025, it was 539th in England and Wales.
Aadam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 72 | #589 |
| 2024 | 82 | #532 |
| 2023 | 71 | #587 |
| 2022 | 83 | #521 |
| 2021 | 94 | #480 |
| 2020 | 89 | #485 |
| 2019 | 141 | #359 |
| 2018 | 143 | #354 |
| 2017 | 108 | #443 |
| 2016 | 148 | #356 |
| 2015 | 147 | #353 |
| 2014 | 109 | #421 |
| 2013 | 110 | #425 |
| 2012 | 91 | #480 |
| 2011 | 82 | #496 |
| 2010 | 65 | #579 |
| 2009 | 89 | #467 |
| 2008 | 79 | #500 |
| 2007 | 77 | #492 |
| 2006 | 69 | #502 |
| 2005 | 85 | #396 |
| 2004 | 70 | #435 |
| 2003 | 72 | #398 |
| 2002 | 78 | #361 |
| 2001 | 51 | #460 |
| 2000 | 43 | #517 |
| 1999 | 54 | #450 |
| 1998 | 51 | #463 |
| 1997 | 32 | #599 |
| 1996 | 29 | #615 |
How popular is Aadam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Aadam, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had fewer boys named Aadam than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Aadam in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,515 boys in the US were given Aadam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #111, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
Aadam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
Names like Aadam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Arham Ibrahim Muhammad Abdullah Ayyub Ahmed Azaan Hamza Zayaan Zayd Zayan
Other spellings of Aadam
Names related to Aadam
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aadam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aadam, updated 20 October 2026.