US rank #3169 Boys' name Peak 2003 1,504 births

Adil — #3169 US boys' name

1,504 babies named Adil in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s361980s1591990s3112000s4072010s4012020s190
#3169
of 14,243 boys in use

More common than 78% of names given to boys today.

2000s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Adil was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

48 babies were named Adil in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Adil

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,504 babies named Adil between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adil currently holds the #3169 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adil performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 407 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Adil shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 250 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Adil in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adil 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 1,504 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.

Adil at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

1,504

Since 1973

52 years of records

Peak year

2003

48 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

#3,169

Among boys

As of 2024

Active since

1973

Recorded for 52 years

Last year on file: 2024

Adil popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2003)
48
Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
0102030405060 20242017201020031996198919821973 6

Adil by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
407 births that decade — 27% of Adil's all-time total
1970s361980s1591990s3112000s4072010s4012020s190

Adil by state

Where Adil concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Adil
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
250 16.6%
#2 California
90 6.0%
#3 Texas
50 3.3%
#4 Illinois
43 2.9%
#5 Minnesota
18 1.2%
#6 New Jersey
16 1.1%
#7 Virginia
10 0.7%
#8 Ohio
5 0.3%
New York share of Adil's total US births 16.6%
Even split

250 of 1,504 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adil?
1,504 babies have been named Adil since 1973. It currently ranks #3169 among boys. The peak year was 2003 with 48 births.
When was Adil most popular?
Adil was most popular in the 2000s decade with 407 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Adil most popular?
The top states for the name Adil are New York (250 births), California (90 births), Texas (50 births).
How long has the name Adil been used?
Adil has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 52 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Adil?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aditya, Adin, Adiel, Adian, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1973–2024 (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.