Boys' name · since 1988
Adonte
Adonte has 177 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,696 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 177
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Adonte sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 177 recorded since 1988.
Adonte has 177 recorded births among boys since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2023.
- #13,696 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 177 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adonte ranks #13,696 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 177 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,696 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 177
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Adonte's 177 recorded births place it above 69.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adonte's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adonte's SSA record in two at 1999 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adonte popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2023
- Peak year (2002)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2023.
177 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 14 births in a single year.
Adonte by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (80 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Adonte's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Adonte births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
71 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 80 births (45% of all-time use).
Adonte decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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- Adonte's decade-level peak was the 1990s (80 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adonte: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
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, 1988–2023 (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 Adonte 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.
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