Boys' name · since 1992

Adilson

Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 78 babies named Adilson, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#19,042 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,612 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
78
born since 1992
2010s
peak decade

78 babies have been named Adilson since 1992, making it today's #12612 boys' name.

Adilson has 78 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12612 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.

  • #19,042 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #12,612 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 78 born since 1992
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adilson ranks #19,042 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,612 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 78 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.

#19,042 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#12,612 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
78
born since 1992
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%9.4%
Adilson vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Adilson's 78 recorded births place it above 57.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Adilson compares

78 22nd percentile among 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

Adilson's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Adilson Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 78 369 358,536
Peak-year births 7 34 22,252

Adilson's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Adilson's full recorded timeline at 2011, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Adilson popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2017)
7
Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 19922000200520092013201720242025 5

Adilson by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 37% of the file).

2010s was Adilson's strongest decade.

29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.

Adilson births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (37% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adilson?
Since 1992, Social Security records show 78 babies named Adilson. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,042 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #12,612 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2017, with 7 births.
Where does Adilson sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adilson ranks #19,042 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,612 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Adilson most popular?
Adilson was most popular in the 2010s decade with 29 total births. The single peak year was 2017.
How long has the name Adilson been used?
The SSA has tracked Adilson since 1992 -- 34 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Adilson?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aditya, Adin, Adiel, Adil, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Adilson's data

  • Adilson's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Adilson

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Adilson: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1992–2025 (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 Adilson 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.