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Adlai

Mostly boys · Hebrew

Adlai is a name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).

What does Adlai mean?

Hebrew

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Adlai a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Adlai has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 6 boys in the US.

How popular is Adlai in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,690among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Adlai, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1952, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1891. 7 girls were also named Adlai in 2025 (11,928th for girls).

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Adlai than any year since 1997.

Half of all the boys named Adlai in the US since 1880 were born between 1956 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1891Busiest: 39 in 19522025
Adlai in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#10,690
20247#9,888
20238#8,916
202222#4,566
20219#8,161
20209#8,062
201914#6,099
201818#5,102
201715#5,784
20169#8,141
201518#5,056
201410#7,557
201320#4,619
201221#4,530
201115#5,670
201017#5,248
200912#6,798
200812#6,758
200719#4,806
200613#6,090
200511#6,628
20047#8,921
20037#8,636
200214#5,124
20017#8,332
20007#8,202
19998#7,132
199811#5,460
19970–
199612#4,871
19950–
19947#6,962
19930–
19920–
19916#7,263
19907#6,408
19899#5,158
19880–
19870–
19867#5,327
19857#5,142
19840–
19830–
19820–
19816#5,466
19806#5,523
19796#5,353
19780–
19776#5,121
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19686#3,672
19675#3,964
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19605#4,036
19590–
19580–
19576#3,550
195622#1,675
195512#2,301
19547#3,174
195318#1,835
195239#1,181
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19365#3,548
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19276#3,778
19260–
19255#4,195
19245#4,345
19230–
19220–
19210–
19205#4,284
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19150–
19140–
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18945#1,073
18939#705
189217#480
18916#840

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