Boys' name · since 1880
Adam
580,378 babies named Adam in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #58 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #101 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 580,378
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Adam currently ranks #101 among boys' names in America, with 580,378 babies recorded since 1880.
Adam has 580,378 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #101 as of the latest data, more common than 99.3% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #58 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #101 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 580,378 born since 1880
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adam ranks #58 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #101 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 580,378 born since 1880, peaking in the 1980s.
- #58 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #101 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 580,378
- born since 1880
- 1980s
- peak decade
Adam's 580,378 recorded births place it above 99.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Adam compares
580,378 Top 1% higher than 99% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adam's all-time total is 1,573x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 580,378 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 23,939 | 34 | 22,252 |
Adam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adam splits its recorded history at 1953: 97% of all births land in the more recent half, 3% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1901 (71 births) -- compare that against the 1984 peak of 23,939 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adam popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 23,939
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Adam popularity over time - girls
2,075 total births recorded since 1913 (Adam as girls' name)
Adam by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (195,086 births, 34% of the file).
1980s was Adam's strongest decade.
195,086 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Adam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,020
1880s
1,020 births
- 1890s 863
1890s
863 births
- 1900s 1,021
1900s
1,021 births
- 1910s 4,480
1910s
4,480 births
- 1920s 4,455
1920s
4,455 births
- 1930s 2,409
1930s
2,409 births
- 1940s 2,436
1940s
2,436 births
- 1950s 3,732
1950s
3,732 births
- 1960s 22,925
1960s
22,925 births
- 1970s
1970s
91,739 births
- 1980s
1980s
195,086 births
- 1990s
1990s
106,909 births
- 2000s 71,028
2000s
71,028 births
- 2010s 50,704
2010s
50,704 births
- 2020s 21,571
2020s
21,571 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 195,086 births (34% of all-time use).
How Adam compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Adam's total volume
Adam by state
Where Adam concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 61,483 | 10.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 45,265 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 35,617 | 6.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 32,193 | 5.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 30,664 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 29,876 | 5.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 26,707 | 4.6% |
| #8 | Florida | | 20,927 | 3.6% |
61,483 of 580,378 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Adam appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adam's data
- Adam's decade-level peak was the 1980s (195,086 total births); usage has since declined to 21,571 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Adams (61,483 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.