Unisex name · since 1921
Adean
93 babies named Adean in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
93 girls have been named Adean since 1921, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Adean recorded 93 times among girls since 1921, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1952.
- #27,856 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 1921
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adean ranks #27,856 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1921, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,856 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1921
- 1920s
- peak decade
Adean's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adean splits its recorded history at 1930: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adean popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1952
- Peak year (1921)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1952.
93 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 11 births in a single year.
Adean popularity over time - boys
23 total births recorded since 2007 (Adean as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Adean accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Adean by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (47 births, 51% of the file).
1920s was Adean's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Adean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
47 births
- 1930s
1930s
20 births
- 1940s
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 47 births (51% of all-time use).
Adean decade highlights
- Peak decade 47 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Adean's data
- Adean's decade-level peak was the 1920s (47 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1921–1952 (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 Adean 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.
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