Adom
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-DOHM
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Adom is a boys' name of Akan origin, meaning “grace; blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Adom mean?
Akan: Twi word adom
“grace; blessing”
In the Akan language Twi, adom means grace or favour, often in the sense of God's grace.
Is Adom a girl's or a boy's name?
Adom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adom in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Adom, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Adom than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Adom in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Adom in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
How popular is Adom in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Adom in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Adom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Achim, Arham, Musa, Albie, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Ayaan, Amir, Axel, Yahya, Asher, Adem
Names related to Adom
More Akan names
Nana, Mansa, Ashanti, Kofi, Kwame, Ohemaa, Akosua, Obrempong, Ama, Kwabena, Akua, Kwaku, Nhyira, Abena, Kwadwo, Yaa
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, “Adom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adom, updated 20 October 2026.