Adams — #3214 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Adams

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,196 babies named Adams between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adams currently holds the #3214 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adams performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 328 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Adams shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Adams in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adams in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,196 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.