Adit — #12836 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Adit

The Social Security Administration has registered 286 babies named Adit between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Adit currently holds the #12836 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Adit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Adit in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adit 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 286 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.