Fun Facts About the Name Aadil
- 445 babies named Aadil: U.S. records list 445 babies given the name Aadil from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Aadil Mean?
Aadil is an Arabic name meaning "just" or "fair." It comes from the Arabic ʿādil (عادل), an active participle from the root ʿ-d-l, whose basic verb ʿadala means "to be just" or "to act equitably." The related noun ʿadl means justice or equity. As an active participle, ʿādil literally denotes "one who is just." Aadil is an English transliteration that uses aa to represent the long vowel ā; Adil is another transliteration of the same Arabic name.
Aadil Name History & Origins
The name reflects a long-standing Arabic practice of forming personal names from adjectives and participles. ʿĀdil is built from the same root as ʿadl, the Arabic word for justice, a concept treated extensively in Islamic law and ethics. The name therefore belongs to a vocabulary of moral and legal ideas rather than to a narrative legend or a saint's cult.
The title al-Malik al-ʿĀdil, "the Just King," was adopted by the Ayyubid sultan al-ʿĀdil I, a brother of Saladin, in the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. That usage shows ʿādil functioning as an honorific as well as a personal name. The form Aadil is an English-language transliteration used alongside Adil and ʿĀdil. In South Asia, where Arabic names entered through Persian and Urdu, both Aadil and Adil are used.
How Popular is the Name Aadil?
Aadil has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2004. Its best rank was #4,115 in 2003.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #7,725 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,250 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,476 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #7,087 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #6,616 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2019 | #5,553 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #4,918 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #5,525 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #5,787 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #5,997 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #7,046 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #6,241 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #4,861 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #5,433 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #7,088 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #4,713 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #5,661 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #6,903 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #4,326 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2004 | #4,130 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2003 | #4,115 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #4,703 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #8,340 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #6,839 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1998 | #9,631 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #7,282 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #5,981 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #4,279 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #5,787 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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