Adem

Adem was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #1,307 in England & Wales and #981 in Canada.

Adem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Adem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Adem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,396 (23)#1,307 (21)——#981 (26)
2024#2,873 (44)#1,758 (14)—#785 (3)#1,026 (24)
2023#3,005 (41)#1,175 (24)——#1,115 (20)
2022#3,412 (34)#1,179 (23)—#779 (3)#833 (30)
2021#2,775 (45)#1,004 (29)——#946 (25)
2020#2,846 (42)#1,192 (22)——#731 (34)
2019#3,052 (39)#1,253 (20)——#698 (36)
2018#2,617 (48)#1,158 (23)#704 (3)—#712 (35)
2017#2,672 (46)#1,068 (27)#733 (3)—#587 (45)
2016#2,587 (48)#928 (32)#592 (4)—#757 (33)
2015#2,528 (49)#1,074 (26)—#699 (3)#706 (36)
2014#2,622 (46)#1,117 (24)——#620 (43)
2013#2,998 (37)#872 (34)——#809 (29)
2012#2,954 (39)#805 (39)—#718 (3)#557 (47)
2011#3,885 (26)#929 (31)—#730 (3)#722 (32)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #2,528.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 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 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Adem is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 66,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adem by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Adem (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#28417
Ontario2024#1,5176

Adem (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
AdemCanadaBoys#98126
AdemEngland & WalesBoys#1,30721
AdemIrelandBoys—too few
AdemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AdemScotlandBoys—too few
AdemUSBoys#4,39623