Adam
Boy · AD-am · Hebrew
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Adam is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “man; from the earth”. In 2025 it ranked 26th for boys in the UK (1,575 babies) and 101st for boys in the US (3,501 babies).
What does Adam mean?
Hebrew
“man; from the earth”
In the Bible and the Qur'an Adam is the first man, formed from the earth; Hebrew adamah means ground.
- Say it
- AD-am
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Is Adam a girl's or a boy's name?
Adam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 1,575 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 3,501 boys in the US.
How popular is Adam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #26among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,575about 1 in 190 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 7.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,575 boys in the UK were named Adam, making it the 26th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 33rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4,846 boys.
2025 had more boys named Adam than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Adam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 26th in England and Wales, 32nd in Scotland and 79th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1964 (#68), 1974 (#35), 1984 (#12), 1994 (#11), 2004 (#24), 2014 (#39) and 2024 (#35).
Adam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,575 | #26 |
| 2024 | 1,562 | #35 |
| 2023 | 1,484 | #38 |
| 2022 | 1,554 | #40 |
| 2021 | 1,548 | #43 |
| 2020 | 1,700 | #33 |
| 2019 | 1,847 | #33 |
| 2018 | 1,958 | #33 |
| 2017 | 2,100 | #33 |
| 2016 | 2,139 | #35 |
| 2015 | 2,269 | #34 |
| 2014 | 2,201 | #36 |
| 2013 | 2,141 | #37 |
| 2012 | 2,357 | #35 |
| 2011 | 2,511 | #35 |
| 2010 | 2,558 | #33 |
| 2009 | 2,693 | #30 |
| 2008 | 2,781 | #29 |
| 2007 | 2,998 | #26 |
| 2006 | 3,242 | #26 |
| 2005 | 3,483 | #22 |
| 2004 | 3,535 | #21 |
| 2003 | 4,101 | #16 |
| 2002 | 4,171 | #15 |
| 2001 | 4,594 | #16 |
| 2000 | 4,418 | #17 |
| 1999 | 4,600 | #18 |
| 1998 | 4,393 | #20 |
| 1997 | 4,785 | #18 |
| 1996 | 4,846 | #16 |
How popular is Adam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #101among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3,501about 1 in 490 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3,501 boys in the US were named Adam, making it the 101st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 97th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 23,939 boys. 10 girls were also named Adam in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Adam in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,501 | #101 |
| 2024 | 3,507 | #100 |
| 2023 | 3,487 | #103 |
| 2022 | 3,638 | #99 |
| 2021 | 3,657 | #104 |
| 2020 | 3,781 | #97 |
| 2019 | 4,188 | #91 |
| 2018 | 4,711 | #78 |
| 2017 | 4,933 | #77 |
| 2016 | 5,224 | #75 |
| 2015 | 5,404 | #73 |
| 2014 | 5,344 | #79 |
| 2013 | 5,251 | #82 |
| 2012 | 5,323 | #82 |
| 2011 | 5,215 | #81 |
| 2010 | 5,111 | #80 |
| 2009 | 5,676 | #74 |
| 2008 | 6,098 | #72 |
| 2007 | 6,790 | #65 |
| 2006 | 6,806 | #64 |
| 2005 | 6,846 | #64 |
| 2004 | 7,474 | #58 |
| 2003 | 7,690 | #58 |
| 2002 | 7,754 | #55 |
| 2001 | 7,758 | #51 |
| 2000 | 8,136 | #45 |
| 1999 | 8,223 | #44 |
| 1998 | 8,356 | #45 |
| 1997 | 8,805 | #39 |
| 1996 | 9,557 | #39 |
| 1995 | 10,485 | #38 |
| 1994 | 11,023 | #38 |
| 1993 | 11,534 | #39 |
| 1992 | 11,905 | #36 |
| 1991 | 12,308 | #36 |
| 1990 | 14,713 | #32 |
| 1989 | 16,928 | #27 |
| 1988 | 16,467 | #26 |
| 1987 | 16,931 | #27 |
| 1986 | 18,157 | #24 |
| 1985 | 20,165 | #22 |
| 1984 | 23,939 | #18 |
| 1983 | 23,488 | #18 |
| 1982 | 20,099 | #19 |
| 1981 | 20,044 | #20 |
| 1980 | 18,868 | #22 |
| 1979 | 17,046 | #23 |
| 1978 | 13,918 | #29 |
| 1977 | 11,030 | #33 |
| 1976 | 9,937 | #36 |
| 1975 | 8,646 | #38 |
| 1974 | 8,421 | #36 |
| 1973 | 6,842 | #45 |
| 1972 | 5,740 | #51 |
| 1971 | 5,846 | #57 |
| 1970 | 4,313 | #72 |
| 1969 | 2,860 | #114 |
| 1968 | 2,540 | #119 |
| 1967 | 2,524 | #118 |
| 1966 | 2,498 | #123 |
| 1965 | 2,561 | #125 |
| 1964 | 2,850 | #122 |
| 1963 | 2,346 | #145 |
| 1962 | 2,149 | #154 |
| 1961 | 1,579 | #193 |
| 1960 | 1,018 | #249 |
| 1959 | 582 | #322 |
| 1958 | 467 | #353 |
| 1957 | 432 | #370 |
| 1956 | 390 | #379 |
| 1955 | 354 | #381 |
| 1954 | 281 | #427 |
| 1953 | 324 | #388 |
| 1952 | 294 | #403 |
| 1951 | 300 | #389 |
| 1950 | 308 | #381 |
| 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 | 452 | #268 |
| 1924 | 465 | #263 |
| 1923 | 428 | #273 |
| 1922 | 469 | #260 |
| 1921 | 583 | #228 |
| 1920 | 579 | #223 |
| 1919 | 542 | #224 |
| 1918 | 653 | #197 |
| 1917 | 614 | #193 |
| 1916 | 609 | #189 |
| 1915 | 574 | #194 |
| 1914 | 489 | #182 |
| 1913 | 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 |
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