How Many People Are Named Adonai?

1,453

people named Adonai are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 235,227 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,466 babies named Adonai in Social Security records from 1990 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#8,305

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#3,078

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Peak Year

2024

107 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Theology
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Means "my lord" in Hebrew. This was the title used to refer to the God of the Israelites, Yahweh, whose name was forbidden to be spoken.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
16.6%
Male
83.4%

Of the babies given the name Adonai, 16.6% were girls and 83.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Adonai fell from 28.1% in the 2000s to 13.9% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Adonai alive today is about 10 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.

Under 30 1,439
99%
30 to 59 14
1%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Adonai first appears in the records in 1990 and was given most often in 2024, to 107 babies. In 2025, 92 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1990 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Adonai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,685, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,942. Among girls, its best rank was #6,710, in 2022.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#1,942#7,894
Best rank#1,685 (2024)#6,710 (2022)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#2,455 in the 2010s#10,594 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Adonai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Adonai were born in Texas than in any other state: about 168 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Adonai was given 3.4 times as often in Texas and 2.8 times in California.

Texas 168
California 164
Florida 31
Georgia 28
New York 17
Arizona 6
Maryland 6
Virginia 6
Oklahoma 5
New Jersey 5
North Carolina 5
Washington 5

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