Adem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-DEM
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Adem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “man; from the earth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Adem mean?
Hebrew: Turkish and Balkan form of Adam
“man; from the earth”
The Turkish, Albanian and Bosnian form of Adam, the first man in the Bible and the Qur'an.
Is Adem a girl's or a boy's name?
Adem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,372among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Adem, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 47 boys.
Half of all the boys named Adem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Adem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,142 |
| 2017 | 30 | #1,068 |
| 2016 | 36 | #939 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,112 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 35 | #919 |
| 2012 | 41 | #840 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 35 | #882 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 29 | #953 |
| 2006 | 47 | #666 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,063 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 24 | #796 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 22 | #807 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 20 | #840 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Adem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Adem, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,845th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had fewer boys named Adem than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Adem in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 44 | #2,873 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 34 | #3,410 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,388 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,530 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Adem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Achim Chidubem Obi Ayomide Tobechukwu Om Kamsiyochukwu Oluwatobiloba Obaloluwa Kenechukwu Somtochukwu Chukwuebuka
Names related to Adem
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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, “Adem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adem, updated 20 October 2026.