Boys' name · since 2004
Adden
114 babies named Adden in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,516 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
114 boys have been named Adden since 2004, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Adden has 114 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2017.
- #16,516 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 114 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adden ranks #16,516 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,516 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 114
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adden's 114 recorded births place it above 63.54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adden's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adden splits its recorded history at 2011: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adden popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Adden by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (61 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Adden's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Adden births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 61 births (54% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adden: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~13 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, 2004–2017 (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 Adden 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.