Adams
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AD-umz
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Adams is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Adam”. In 2025 it ranked 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Adams mean?
English: surname from the given name Adam
“son of Adam”
The surname of two US presidents, John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams.
Is Adams a girl's or a boy's name?
Adams is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adams in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,449th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 157% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Adams, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 1983, with 42 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
Half of all the boys named Adams in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adams in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,740 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,758 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,292 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,469 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,749 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 |
Names like Adams
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ashton, Weston, Austin, Wesley, Mason, Andres, Wyatt, Lucas, Jackson, Travis, Hunter, Tyson
More English names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Adams: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adams, updated 20 October 2026.