Fun Facts About the Name Adam
- An all-time favorite: U.S. records show 580,361 boys named Adam from 1880 through 2025.
- A favorite of earlier generations: Adam appeared in the U.S. top 100 in 3 separate runs, totaling 53 years. Its last run lasted 1 consecutive years, from 2024 through 2024.
- More than 582 thousand babies named Adam: U.S. records list 582,436 babies given the name Adam from 1880 through 2025. Even 2,075 girls received the name Adam - about 1 girl for every 280 boys.
What Does the Name Adam Mean?
Adam is the English form of the Hebrew name אָדָם (ʾadam), meaning 'man' or 'human being.' In the Hebrew Bible the word can refer either to humanity as a whole or to the first man in Genesis. The name is traditionally connected with אֲדָמָה (ʾadamah), 'ground' or 'earth,' because Genesis 2:7 describes the man being formed from the dust of the ground. That wordplay is the source of the common explanation that Adam means 'earth' or 'man of earth.' A separate proposed derivation links ʾadam to a root meaning 'red,' as in אָדֹם (ʾadom), perhaps describing reddish soil or skin. The most securely established sense is 'man' or 'human being'; the 'earth' and 'red' explanations are customary or disputed, not separate origins of the name.
Adam Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name אָדָם (ʾadam) appears in the Book of Genesis, where Adam is presented as the first human and the ancestor of humanity. Genesis 5:1-2 uses the word for humanity collectively ('male and female... called their name Adam'), while the genealogies that follow treat Adam as an individual. The name passed into Greek as Ἀδάμ in the Septuagint and into Latin as Adam; from there it entered Old English and other European languages. In the New Testament, Paul calls Adam the 'first man' and contrasts him with Christ as the 'last Adam' (1 Corinthians 15:45), a contrast that gave the name a fixed place in Christian theology. In Islam, Arabic Ādam is the name of the first man and prophet. Later European literature, including medieval mystery plays and Milton's Paradise Lost, used the already ancient name; these works did not create it.
How Popular is the Name Adam?
Adam has a rich multi-era history in the U.S. top 100, spanning 53 total years and enjoying its modern revival from 2024 to 2024.
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 | #9,464 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #11,079 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #15,287 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #12,154 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,463 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #12,483 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #11,628 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #14,348 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #14,510 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,088 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #16,581 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #9,726 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #11,260 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #13,724 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #8,969 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #13,944 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #9,295 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #7,893 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #3,821 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2003 | #5,587 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2002 | #11,115 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #7,728 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #6,488 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #5,038 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1998 | #7,105 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #6,163 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1996 | #4,309 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1995 | #6,643 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 1993 | #4,672 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1991 | #4,651 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1989 | #2,072 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 1988 | #1,564 | 84 | 0.0047% |
| 1987 | #1,336 | 102 | 0.0059% |
| 1986 | #1,420 | 90 | 0.0052% |
| 1985 | #1,201 | 117 | 0.0068% |
| 1984 | #1,007 | 142 | 0.0084% |
| 1983 | #1,049 | 132 | 0.0079% |
| 1982 | #1,178 | 116 | 0.0069% |
| 1981 | #1,548 | 77 | 0.0046% |
| 1980 | #1,318 | 96 | 0.0058% |
| 1979 | #1,294 | 97 | 0.0060% |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 | 0.0044% |
| 1977 | #1,701 | 61 | 0.0040% |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 | 0.0031% |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | 0.0030% |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | 0.0034% |
| 1973 | #2,062 | 39 | 0.0027% |
| 1972 | #2,746 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 1971 | #2,736 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1968 | #4,490 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #5,456 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #3,880 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #5,298 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1957 | #5,378 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1921 | #5,101 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1913 | #3,188 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #101 | 3,501 | 0.2050% |
| 2024 | #100 | 3,497 | 0.2039% |
| 2023 | #103 | 3,482 | 0.2038% |
| 2022 | #99 | 3,636 | 0.2084% |
| 2021 | #104 | 3,656 | 0.2091% |
| 2020 | #97 | 3,778 | 0.2190% |
| 2019 | #91 | 4,188 | 0.2335% |
| 2018 | #78 | 4,711 | 0.2595% |
| 2017 | #77 | 4,932 | 0.2665% |
| 2016 | #75 | 5,221 | 0.2752% |
| 2015 | #73 | 5,402 | 0.2819% |
| 2014 | #79 | 5,343 | 0.2782% |
| 2013 | #82 | 5,251 | 0.2776% |
| 2012 | #82 | 5,323 | 0.2807% |
| 2011 | #81 | 5,215 | 0.2746% |
| 2010 | #80 | 5,110 | 0.2664% |
| 2009 | #74 | 5,676 | 0.2862% |
| 2008 | #72 | 6,098 | 0.2989% |
| 2007 | #65 | 6,790 | 0.3272% |
| 2006 | #64 | 6,804 | 0.3311% |
| 2005 | #64 | 6,846 | 0.3428% |
| 2004 | #58 | 7,474 | 0.3766% |
| 2003 | #58 | 7,690 | 0.3893% |
| 2002 | #55 | 7,754 | 0.3994% |
| 2001 | #51 | 7,757 | 0.3993% |
| 2000 | #45 | 8,137 | 0.4143% |
| 1999 | #44 | 8,223 | 0.4283% |
| 1998 | #45 | 8,356 | 0.4372% |
| 1997 | #39 | 8,805 | 0.4671% |
| 1996 | #39 | 9,557 | 0.5045% |
| 1995 | #38 | 10,485 | 0.5508% |
| 1994 | #38 | 11,022 | 0.5705% |
| 1993 | #39 | 11,534 | 0.5881% |
| 1992 | #36 | 11,903 | 0.5959% |
| 1991 | #36 | 12,308 | 0.6092% |
| 1990 | #32 | 14,713 | 0.7163% |
| 1989 | #27 | 16,928 | 0.8460% |
| 1988 | #26 | 16,465 | 0.8601% |
| 1987 | #27 | 16,931 | 0.9069% |
| 1986 | #24 | 18,155 | 0.9859% |
| 1985 | #22 | 20,165 | 1.0910% |
| 1984 | #18 | 23,940 | 1.3264% |
| 1983 | #18 | 23,489 | 1.3103% |
| 1982 | #19 | 20,102 | 1.1078% |
| 1981 | #20 | 20,042 | 1.1188% |
| 1980 | #22 | 18,867 | 1.0575% |
| 1979 | #23 | 17,050 | 0.9903% |
| 1978 | #29 | 13,919 | 0.8477% |
| 1977 | #33 | 11,031 | 0.6713% |
| 1976 | #36 | 9,939 | 0.6334% |
| 1975 | #38 | 8,646 | 0.5537% |
| 1974 | #36 | 8,425 | 0.5358% |
| 1973 | #45 | 6,841 | 0.4389% |
| 1972 | #51 | 5,740 | 0.3539% |
| 1971 | #57 | 5,847 | 0.3306% |
| 1970 | #72 | 4,314 | 0.2321% |
| 1969 | #113 | 2,864 | 0.1602% |
| 1968 | #119 | 2,540 | 0.1461% |
| 1967 | #118 | 2,523 | 0.1447% |
| 1966 | #123 | 2,498 | 0.1401% |
| 1965 | #125 | 2,562 | 0.1377% |
| 1964 | #122 | 2,850 | 0.1430% |
| 1963 | #145 | 2,346 | 0.1155% |
| 1962 | #153 | 2,149 | 0.1039% |
| 1961 | #193 | 1,580 | 0.0744% |
| 1960 | #249 | 1,019 | 0.0478% |
| 1959 | #322 | 582 | 0.0273% |
| 1958 | #352 | 467 | 0.0220% |
| 1957 | #370 | 432 | 0.0200% |
| 1956 | #380 | 390 | 0.0184% |
| 1955 | #382 | 354 | 0.0172% |
| 1954 | #428 | 281 | 0.0138% |
| 1953 | #389 | 324 | 0.0164% |
| 1952 | #404 | 294 | 0.0151% |
| 1951 | #390 | 300 | 0.0159% |
| 1950 | #382 | 308 | 0.0172% |
| 1949 | #388 | 300 | 0.0169% |
| 1948 | #430 | 240 | 0.0137% |
| 1947 | #417 | 269 | 0.0147% |
| 1946 | #406 | 247 | 0.0152% |
| 1945 | #415 | 210 | 0.0156% |
| 1944 | #404 | 220 | 0.0161% |
| 1943 | #385 | 253 | 0.0177% |
| 1942 | #391 | 240 | 0.0174% |
| 1941 | #381 | 230 | 0.0187% |
| 1940 | #379 | 227 | 0.0196% |
| 1939 | #385 | 216 | 0.0195% |
| 1938 | #385 | 214 | 0.0193% |
| 1937 | #363 | 222 | 0.0208% |
| 1936 | #371 | 216 | 0.0208% |
| 1935 | #356 | 237 | 0.0228% |
| 1934 | #355 | 239 | 0.0231% |
| 1933 | #351 | 234 | 0.0236% |
| 1932 | #344 | 258 | 0.0247% |
| 1931 | #313 | 300 | 0.0289% |
| 1930 | #337 | 273 | 0.0249% |
| 1929 | #315 | 306 | 0.0284% |
| 1928 | #297 | 359 | 0.0324% |
| 1927 | #287 | 389 | 0.0345% |
| 1926 | #277 | 425 | 0.0383% |
| 1925 | #268 | 452 | 0.0405% |
| 1924 | #263 | 465 | 0.0411% |
| 1923 | #273 | 428 | 0.0390% |
| 1922 | #260 | 469 | 0.0431% |
| 1921 | #228 | 583 | 0.0529% |
| 1920 | #223 | 579 | 0.0544% |
| 1919 | #224 | 542 | 0.0553% |
| 1918 | #197 | 653 | 0.0644% |
| 1917 | #193 | 614 | 0.0663% |
| 1916 | #189 | 609 | 0.0684% |
| 1915 | #194 | 574 | 0.0676% |
| 1914 | #182 | 489 | 0.0747% |
| 1913 | #192 | 349 | 0.0681% |
| 1912 | #188 | 307 | 0.0714% |
| 1911 | #170 | 189 | 0.0836% |
| 1910 | #182 | 154 | 0.0793% |
| 1909 | #193 | 113 | 0.0689% |
| 1908 | #192 | 109 | 0.0706% |
| 1907 | #169 | 127 | 0.0865% |
| 1906 | #173 | 105 | 0.0789% |
| 1905 | #183 | 101 | 0.0763% |
| 1904 | #175 | 103 | 0.0804% |
| 1903 | #193 | 82 | 0.0688% |
| 1902 | #172 | 99 | 0.0807% |
| 1901 | #201 | 71 | 0.0667% |
| 1900 | #187 | 111 | 0.0738% |
| 1899 | #185 | 74 | 0.0697% |
| 1898 | #179 | 87 | 0.0709% |
| 1897 | #175 | 88 | 0.0780% |
| 1896 | #164 | 96 | 0.0803% |
| 1895 | #190 | 78 | 0.0664% |
| 1894 | #176 | 86 | 0.0743% |
| 1893 | #166 | 87 | 0.0775% |
| 1892 | #151 | 106 | 0.0869% |
| 1891 | #149 | 87 | 0.0860% |
| 1890 | #180 | 74 | 0.0667% |
| 1889 | #153 | 93 | 0.0841% |
| 1888 | #130 | 120 | 0.0993% |
| 1887 | #150 | 84 | 0.0828% |
| 1886 | #134 | 103 | 0.0930% |
| 1885 | #141 | 96 | 0.0891% |
| 1884 | #167 | 83 | 0.0725% |
| 1883 | #118 | 107 | 0.1023% |
| 1882 | #123 | 114 | 0.1003% |
| 1881 | #108 | 116 | 0.1152% |
| 1880 | #123 | 104 | 0.0941% |
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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How the Name Adam Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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