Unisex name · since 2018

Adoniyah

12 babies named Adoniyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#51,398 of 72,339
all-time among girls
12
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade

Adoniyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 2018.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adoniyah has been recorded 12 times among girls since 2018, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2022.

  • #51,398 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 12 born since 2018
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adoniyah ranks #51,398 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.

#51,398 of 72,339
all-time among girls
12
born since 2018
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Adoniyah's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Adoniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Adoniyah's full recorded timeline at 2022, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Adoniyah popularity over time - girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2022)
7
Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20182022 7

Adoniyah popularity over time - boys

6 total births recorded since 2016 (Adoniyah as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 6 births
6 2016 6

Adoniyah by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).

2020s was Adoniyah's strongest decade.

7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Adoniyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adoniyah?
Since 2018, Social Security records show 12 babies named Adoniyah. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #51,398 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2022. Its busiest year on record was 2022, with 7 births.
Where does Adoniyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adoniyah ranks #51,398 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Adoniyah most popular?
Adoniyah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Is Adoniyah a unisex name?
Yes, Adoniyah is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 12 births, and as a boy's name it has 6 births.
How long has the name Adoniyah been used?
Adoniyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2018, spanning 5 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Adoniyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Adora, Adore, Adonna, Adonica, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Adoniyah: 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, 2018–2022 (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 Adoniyah 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.