Adonijah
Boy · ad-oh-NY-jah · Hebrew
Adonijah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my lord is Yahweh”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Adonijah mean?
Hebrew
“my lord is Yahweh”
Adonijah, fourth son of King David, tried to seize the throne before Solomon was crowned.
- Say it
- ad-oh-NY-jah
Is Adonijah a girl's or a boy's name?
Adonijah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adonijah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Adonijah, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2014, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Adonijah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adonijah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
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