How Many People Are Named Adonijah?
people named Adonijah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 679,492 people in the US has this name
Based on 509 babies named Adonijah in Social Security records from 1982 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "my lord is YAHWEH" in Hebrew. This is the name of one of King David's sons in the Old Testament. Though he was the eldest surviving son of David, he was passed over as heir to the throne in favour of Solomon.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Adonijah, 5.1% were girls and 94.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 9.3% of the babies were girls then and 0% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Adonijah alive today is about 15 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Adonijah first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 2014, to 33 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Adonijah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,299, in 2014. In 2025 it ranked #6,451.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,451 |
| Best rank | #3,299 (2014) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,661 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Adonijah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Adonijah were born in Florida than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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