Boys' name · since 1998
Adesh
23 babies named Adesh in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #27,697 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
23 boys have been named Adesh since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Adesh has 23 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2013.
- #27,697 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 23 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adesh ranks #27,697 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #27,697 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 23
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Adesh's 23 recorded births place it above 38.38% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adesh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adesh's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2013
- Peak year (1998)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2013.
23 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 6 births in a single year.
Adesh by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Adesh's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Adesh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12 births (52% of all-time use).
Adesh decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Adesh's data
- Adesh's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (12 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adesh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1998–2013 (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 Adesh 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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