Boys' name · since 1971
Adem
1,229 babies named Adem in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,502 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,441 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,229
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,229 babies have been named Adem since 1971, making it today's #4441 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Adem recorded 1,229 times among boys since 1971, holding rank #4441 nationally today, ahead of 68% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #4,502 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,441 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,229 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adem ranks #4,502 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,441 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,229 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,502 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,441 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,229
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adem's 1,229 recorded births place it above 90.09% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Adem compares
1,229 Top 29% higher than 71% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adem's all-time total is 3x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adem | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,229 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Adem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adem's full recorded timeline at 2001, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 49 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Adem by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (408 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Adem's strongest decade.
408 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Adem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 85
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
168 births
- 2000s
2000s
295 births
- 2010s
2010s
408 births
- 2020s
2020s
229 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 408 births (33% of all-time use).
How Adem compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Adem's total volume
Adem by state
Where Adem concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 250 | 20.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 38 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 32 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 17 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Missouri | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
250 of 1,229 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Adem's data
- Adem's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (408 total births) through the 2020s (229) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Adems (250 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Adem 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.