Boys' name · since 1989
Adonus
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 75 babies named Adonus, peaking in 1993. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,317 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,561 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
75 babies have been named Adonus since 1989, making it today's #12561 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Adonus recorded 75 times among boys since 1989, holding rank #12561 nationally today, ahead of 10% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #19,317 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,561 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adonus ranks #19,317 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,561 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 75 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,317 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,561 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Adonus's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Adonus compares
75 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
Adonus's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adonus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Adonus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adonus's full recorded timeline at 1995, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1993 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adonus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Adonus by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Adonus's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Adonus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44 births (59% of all-time use).
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What to do with Adonus's data
- Adonus's decade-level peak was the 1990s (44 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adonus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Adonus 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.