Adal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DAHL
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Adal is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Adal mean?
Name used in several cultures
Adal was also a medieval Muslim sultanate in the Horn of Africa, around present-day Somaliland, Djibouti and eastern Ethiopia.
Is Adal a girl's or a boy's name?
Adal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adal in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 6 boys.
Adal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Adal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Adal, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Adal in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 38 | #2,931 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 33 | #2,731 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
Names like Adal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Ahmed Muhammad Abdullah Musa Amir Umar Azaan Ahad Faisal Zayd Azeem
Names related to Adal
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, “Adal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adal, updated 20 October 2026.