Addam — boys' name
748 babies named Addam in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Addam was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Addam in 1984 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Addam
The Social Security Administration has registered 748 babies named Addam between 1965 and 2023, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Addam currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Addam performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 228 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Addam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Addam in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Addam 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 748 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.
Addam at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Addam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1965
- Peak year (1984)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
748 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1984 with 33 births in a single year.
Addam by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 228 births that decade — 30% of Addam's all-time total
Addam decade highlights
- Peak decade 228 births
- Runner-up 193 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Addam's strongest decade
228 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Addam by state
Where Addam concentrates geographically — total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 2.3% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.7% |
17 of 748 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1965–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.