NameTides

Adan

Adan was the #482 boys' name in the US in 2025 (625 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Adan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Adan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Adan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#482 (625)#2,269 (10)—#2,269 (8)
2024#496 (622)#2,264 (10)—#2,710 (6)
2023#471 (643)#2,008 (11)#728 (3)#2,921 (5)
2022#436 (711)#2,321 (9)—#1,759 (10)
2021#461 (652)#1,448 (17)—#1,560 (12)
2020#473 (631)#1,635 (14)—#2,013 (8)
2019#444 (686)#1,745 (13)—#1,326 (15)
2018#450 (665)#1,610 (15)—#2,740 (5)
2017#420 (743)#2,172 (10)——
2016#391 (819)#1,431 (18)—#1,346 (14)
2015#396 (785)#1,511 (16)—#1,816 (9)
2014#375 (835)#1,560 (15)—#1,657 (10)
2013#362 (870)#1,116 (23)—#1,551 (11)
2012#354 (867)#1,313 (19)—#1,781 (9)
2011#335 (905)#1,158 (22)—#1,326 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #287.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1904.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Adan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,500 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #378ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #579INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #766NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #214CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #305CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,089VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #266AZNew Mexico: #193NMKansas: #352KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #775NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #450ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #275TXFlorida: #809FL
Adan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdanCanadaGirls—too few
AdanCanadaBoys#2,2698
AdanEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
AdanEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
AdanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AdanScotlandGirls—too few
AdanScotlandBoys—too few
AdanUSGirls#13,2086
AdanUSBoys#482625