NameTides

Adam

Adam was the #101 boys' name in the US in 2025 (3,501 babies), and #26 in England & Wales and #13 in Canada.

Adam as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Adam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandCanadaScotlandEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandUS
Adam as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#101 (3,501)#26 (1,431)#32 (114)#79 (30)#20 (191)#13 (996)#72 (113)#63 (113)
2024#100 (3,507)#35 (1,410)#42 (101)#38 (51)#25 (188)#14 (979)#57 (130)#73 (103)
2023#103 (3,487)#41 (1,326)#37 (118)#60 (40)#23 (201)#15 (978)#65 (118)#75 (88)
2022#99 (3,638)#41 (1,374)#39 (118)#31 (62)#22 (230)#16 (1,014)#47 (152)#71 (95)
2021#104 (3,657)#44 (1,367)#34 (131)#59 (50)#22 (237)#17 (1,029)#52 (163)#78 (94)
2020#97 (3,781)#34 (1,476)#25 (151)#24 (73)#12 (299)#16 (991)#50 (171)#63 (112)
2019#91 (4,188)#39 (1,618)#33 (151)#24 (78)#6 (345)#16 (1,164)#40 (189)#60 (120)
2018#78 (4,711)#38 (1,672)#21 (201)#23 (85)#9 (349)#14 (1,168)#46 (182)#66 (96)
2017#77 (4,933)#36 (1,788)#22 (208)#18 (104)#9 (389)#17 (1,137)#43 (189)#57 (111)
2016#75 (5,224)#37 (1,815)#24 (216)#18 (108)#7 (400)#16 (1,145)#43 (191)#76 (85)
2015#73 (5,404)#38 (1,903)#20 (242)#14 (124)#6 (449)#19 (1,140)#41 (201)#61 (100)
2014#79 (5,344)#39 (1,790)#16 (266)#12 (145)#6 (493)#17 (1,169)#44 (201)#73 (86)
2013#82 (5,251)#40 (1,761)#20 (243)#12 (137)#6 (518)#18 (1,125)#43 (204)#67 (106)
2012#82 (5,323)#39 (1,907)#16 (291)#11 (159)#6 (558)#15 (1,191)#55 (187)#69 (99)
2011#81 (5,215)#38 (2,062)#18 (288)#10 (161)#7 (637)#22 (1,077)#49 (187)#55 (115)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #18.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 490 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 490common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 190very common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 170very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 280common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 120very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 160very common

Next year

On its recent trend, Adam is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 490 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 490 to 1 in 500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adam by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #82MEWisconsin: #221WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #230NHWashington: #101WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #159MTNorth Dakota: #136NDMinnesota: #68MNIllinois: #45ILMichigan: #43MINew York: #42NYMassachusetts: #88MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #180IAIndiana: #158INOhio: #83OHPennsylvania: #98PANew Jersey: #60NJConnecticut: #132CTRhode Island: #177RICalifornia: #78CAUtah: #233UTColorado: #174CONebraska: #150NEMissouri: #181MOKentucky: #180KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #78VAMaryland: #128MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #105AZNew Mexico: #115NMKansas: #151KSArkansas: #189ARTennessee: #160TNNorth Carolina: #137NCSouth Carolina: #167SCDistrict of Columbia: #82DCOklahoma: #220OKLouisiana: #198LAMississippi: #239MSAlabama: #315ALGeorgia: #147GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #114TXFlorida: #82FL
Adam (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#10370
Ontario2024#13394

Adam (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdamCanadaGirls—too few
AdamCanadaBoys#13996
AdamEngland & WalesBoys#261,431
AdamIrelandBoys#20191
AdamNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AdamNorthern IrelandBoys#7930
AdamNSWBoys#72113
AdamScotlandGirls—too few
AdamScotlandBoys#32114
AdamUSGirls#9,45710
AdamUSBoys#1013,501
AdamVICBoys#63113