Adams
Adams was given to 33 boys in 2025, #3,449 among boys’ names; 1,230 Americans have been recorded with it since 1898 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,050 Americans named Adams and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (85% of everyone recorded); the median is 36 years old and half are between 13 and 44.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adams by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Adams?
#3,449 among boys’ names, 2025
Adams rose from #7,067 in 2015 to #3,449 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 5.7 to 19.3 per million.
42 babies in 1983, the peak
Adams peaked in 1983, when 42 boys were given it, #1,470 among boys’ names. The 33 births of 2025 are 79% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 | 19.3 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,215 | 21.5 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,178 | 22.2 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,300 | 13.7 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,559 | 9.1 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,504 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,152 | 10.0 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,035 | 7.7 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 | 13.0 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,124 | 9.5 |
Every recorded year (85)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #7,067 | 5.7 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,630 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,541 | 5.3 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,059 | 5.8 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,012 | 5.8 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,809 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,804 | 6.0 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,570 | 2.5 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,904 | 6.7 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,998 | 4.4 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,225 | 6.0 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,491 | 7.1 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,031 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,126 | 7.2 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,009 | 5.7 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,292 | 6.6 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,532 | 7.8 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,312 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,616 | 4.2 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,135 | 3.7 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,277 | 7.4 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,868 | 4.7 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,496 | 9.2 |
| 1992 | 16 | #3,742 | 8.0 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,472 | 5.9 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 | 12.7 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,022 | 17.5 |
| 1988 | 37 | #1,810 | 19.3 |
| 1987 | 37 | #1,759 | 19.8 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 | 18.5 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,294 | 12.4 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,630 | 19.9 |
| 1983 | 42 | #1,470 | 23.4 |
| 1982 | 29 | #1,889 | 16.0 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 | 17.3 |
| 1980 | 25 | #2,110 | 14.0 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 | 12.2 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,760 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 | 12.2 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,329 | 12.1 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,750 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,445 | 5.8 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 | 7.4 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,814 | 6.8 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,520 | 4.3 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,861 | 5.6 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,674 | 3.5 |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,559 | 3.4 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,244 | 3.8 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,283 | 3.5 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,051 | 2.5 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,040 | 2.3 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,964 | 3.9 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,801 | 2.5 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,684 | 2.8 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,114 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,535 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,175 | 5.6 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,253 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,642 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,363 | 5.7 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,001 | 4.6 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,843 | 8.1 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,209 | 4.4 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,506 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,821 | 5.5 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,252 | 7.4 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,288 | 4.7 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,386 | 12.2 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,698 | 9.9 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,899 | 5.6 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,102 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,826 | 9.8 |
| 1898 | 7 | #884 | 57.1 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Adams a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adams has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 85 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Adams: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adams, and how old are they?
1,050 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 85% of the 1,230 Americans ever recorded as Adams. The median Adams alive today is 36 years old; half are between 13 and 44.
The 2020 Census counted 1,051 people named Adams (138 women and girls, 913 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 918 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 6 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 25 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 193 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 384 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 178 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 263 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Adams and names like it
- The most given names of the 1980sAdams peaked in 1983.
- Florida’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adams since 1910.
- The top names of 1983The year the most babies were named Adams.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Adams alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with AMost given first.