Adan
Adan was given to 625 boys in 2025, #482 among boys’ names; 31,624 Americans have been recorded with it since 1904 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 29,600 Americans named Adan and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (94% of everyone recorded); the median is 19 years old and half are between 11 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adan by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adan mean?
Wiktionary, Tagalog section
Adan is “a male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Adam” Its etymology gives the sense “earth, man, soil, light brown” (אָדָם).
Borrowed from Spanish Adán, ultimately from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
/ʔaˈdan/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Tagalog section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adan?
#482 among boys’ names, 2025
Adan fell from #396 in 2015 to #482 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.41 to 0.37 per 1,000.
1,164 babies in 2005, the peak
Adan peaked in 2005, when 1,164 babies were given it (1,158 boys, #287 among boys’ names). The 631 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 54% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 625 | #482 | 0.37 |
| 2024 | 622 | #496 | 0.36 |
| 2023 | 643 | #471 | 0.38 |
| 2022 | 711 | #436 | 0.41 |
| 2021 | 652 | #461 | 0.37 |
| 2020 | 631 | #473 | 0.37 |
| 2019 | 686 | #444 | 0.38 |
| 2018 | 665 | #450 | 0.37 |
| 2017 | 743 | #420 | 0.40 |
| 2016 | 819 | #391 | 0.43 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 785 | #396 | 0.41 |
| 2014 | 835 | #375 | 0.43 |
| 2013 | 870 | #362 | 0.46 |
| 2012 | 867 | #354 | 0.46 |
| 2011 | 905 | #335 | 0.48 |
| 2010 | 944 | #332 | 0.49 |
| 2009 | 1,126 | #293 | 0.57 |
| 2008 | 1,112 | #299 | 0.55 |
| 2007 | 1,080 | #307 | 0.52 |
| 2006 | 1,099 | #302 | 0.53 |
| 2005 | 1,158 | #287 | 0.58 |
| 2004 | 1,114 | #286 | 0.56 |
| 2003 | 629 | #409 | 0.32 |
| 2002 | 556 | #443 | 0.29 |
| 2001 | 493 | #477 | 0.25 |
| 2000 | 454 | #503 | 0.23 |
| 1999 | 454 | #487 | 0.24 |
| 1998 | 383 | #533 | 0.20 |
| 1997 | 404 | #507 | 0.21 |
| 1996 | 397 | #512 | 0.21 |
| 1995 | 404 | #508 | 0.21 |
| 1994 | 360 | #538 | 0.19 |
| 1993 | 400 | #514 | 0.20 |
| 1992 | 406 | #499 | 0.20 |
| 1991 | 359 | #533 | 0.18 |
| 1990 | 335 | #546 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 300 | #557 | 0.15 |
| 1988 | 270 | #563 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 262 | #560 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 310 | #496 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 241 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1984 | 246 | #551 | 0.14 |
| 1983 | 234 | #548 | 0.13 |
| 1982 | 225 | #572 | 0.12 |
| 1981 | 252 | #529 | 0.14 |
| 1980 | 237 | #558 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 182 | #637 | 0.11 |
| 1978 | 163 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1977 | 186 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1976 | 185 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1975 | 140 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1974 | 130 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1973 | 147 | #658 | 0.09 |
| 1972 | 110 | #757 | 0.07 |
| 1971 | 118 | #755 | 0.07 |
| 1970 | 109 | #788 | 0.06 |
| 1969 | 100 | #775 | 0.06 |
| 1968 | 83 | #814 | 0.05 |
| 1967 | 86 | #786 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 82 | #805 | 0.05 |
| 1965 | 71 | #870 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 77 | #867 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 80 | #847 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 94 | #785 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 61 | #989 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 66 | #926 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 70 | #913 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 64 | #949 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,040 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 57 | #985 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 56 | #1,001 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,241 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 64 | #894 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 65 | #869 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 65 | #843 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 56 | #922 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,144 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 58 | #915 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 69 | #799 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 60 | #798 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 52 | #878 | 0.04 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,018 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 47 | #970 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 51 | #888 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,050 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 32 | #1,141 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,095 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 46 | #922 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 40 | #989 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 41 | #992 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 46 | #931 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 30 | #1,202 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 45 | #980 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,170 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 50 | #958 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,139 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 48 | #1,012 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 30 | #1,355 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 27 | #1,420 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,695 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,064 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 15 | #1,877 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,265 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,205 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Adan a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adan has been given almost only to boys: 146 girls in 114 years of records.
Girls and boys named Adan: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adan, and how old are they?
29,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 94% of the 31,624 Americans ever recorded as Adan. The median Adan alive today is 19 years old; half are between 11 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 34,348 people named Adan (229 women and girls, 34,119 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 26,246 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% 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 | 158 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 784 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,910 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,780 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 9,300 |
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).
Where are babies named Adan born?
The states with the most babies named Adan are California, Texas and Arizona, with 59% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 175 | #214 | 2.4× |
| Texas | 142 | #275 | 3.1× |
| Arizona | 30 | #266 | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 26 | #416 | 1.2× |
| Colorado | 21 | #305 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 18 | #809 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 16 | #446 | 0.9× |
| Nevada | 14 | #213 | 1.8× |
| Georgia | 13 | #711 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 11 | #776 | 0.4× |
Where Adan is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adan is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Adan with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 545,198 babies since 1880, Adan is the fourth most given (5.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 631 of their 8,594 babies (7.3%), again the fourth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adan
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Adan and names like it
- Compare Adan and AidenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sAdan peaked in 2005.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adan since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Adan: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2005The year the most babies were named Adan.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Adan alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.