Adonis
Boy · a-DOH-nis · Greek
Adonis is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lord”. In 2025 it ranked 499th for boys in the UK (86 babies) and 241st for boys in the US (1,462 babies).
What does Adonis mean?
Greek: Greek myth, from Semitic adon, 'lord'
“lord”
In Greek myth Adonis was a beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite; his name comes from a Semitic word for lord.
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Is Adonis a girl's or a boy's name?
Adonis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 86 boys in the UK and 1,462 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adonis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #499among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 86about 1 in 3,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 261% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 86 boys in the UK were named Adonis, making it the 499th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,054th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 123 boys.
Half of all the boys named Adonis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 448th in England and Wales.
Adonis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | #499 |
| 2024 | 123 | #385 |
| 2023 | 76 | #569 |
| 2022 | 42 | #829 |
| 2021 | 46 | #798 |
| 2020 | 29 | #1,054 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,173 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Adonis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #241among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,462about 1 in 1,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,462 boys in the US were named Adonis, making it the 241st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 223rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 2,102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer boys named Adonis than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Adonis in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adonis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,462 | #241 |
| 2024 | 1,721 | #206 |
| 2023 | 2,102 | #175 |
| 2022 | 1,613 | #224 |
| 2021 | 1,726 | #222 |
| 2020 | 1,677 | #223 |
| 2019 | 1,545 | #242 |
| 2018 | 902 | #366 |
| 2017 | 813 | #394 |
| 2016 | 804 | #395 |
| 2015 | 360 | #698 |
| 2014 | 336 | #717 |
| 2013 | 343 | #696 |
| 2012 | 374 | #640 |
| 2011 | 335 | #694 |
| 2010 | 269 | #804 |
| 2009 | 292 | #779 |
| 2008 | 251 | #851 |
| 2007 | 289 | #759 |
| 2006 | 251 | #812 |
| 2005 | 230 | #820 |
| 2004 | 232 | #783 |
| 2003 | 211 | #827 |
| 2002 | 189 | #867 |
| 2001 | 179 | #879 |
| 2000 | 222 | #755 |
| 1999 | 194 | #788 |
| 1998 | 193 | #789 |
| 1997 | 188 | #786 |
| 1996 | 172 | #830 |
| 1995 | 315 | #577 |
| 1994 | 177 | #796 |
| 1993 | 156 | #846 |
| 1992 | 90 | #1,158 |
| 1991 | 106 | #1,040 |
| 1990 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1989 | 50 | #1,585 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,292 |
| 1987 | 50 | #1,437 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 47 | #1,381 |
| 1983 | 52 | #1,274 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,150 |
| 1981 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,227 |
| 1979 | 74 | #1,028 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,111 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,229 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 9 | #2,857 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 7 | #3,335 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
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