Adger — boys' name
92 babies named Adger in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Adger was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Adger in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adger
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Adger between 1914 and 1958, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adger currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1958. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adger performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Adger shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 26 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Adger in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adger 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 92 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.
Adger at a glance
Last recorded 1958Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Adger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–1914
- Peak year (1917)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1958.
92 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 10 births in a single year.
Adger by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 34 births that decade — 37% of Adger's all-time total
Adger decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 33 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Adger's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Adger by state
Where Adger concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 26 | 28.3% |
26 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 28.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 28.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1914–1958 (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.