How Many People Are Named Adam?
people named Adam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 636 people in the US has this name
Based on 582,453 babies named Adam in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
24,081 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of ADAM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Adam (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Adam alive today is about 34 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Adam first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1984, to 24,081 babies. In 2025, 3,511 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Adam never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #18, in 1983 to 1984, and it was in the top 100 in 53 years between 1970 and 2024. In 2025 it ranked #101.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #101 |
| Best rank | #18 (1983 to 1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | 53 (1970 to 2024) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #22 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Adam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Adam were born in California than in any other state: about 58,514 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Adam was given about 1.6 times as often in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
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