NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Adam Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Adam: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 580,378 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
580,378
Peak year
1984 #18
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
-22.1%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
20115,215#81
20125,323#82
20135,251#82
20145,344#79
20155,404#73
20165,224#75
20174,933#77
20184,711#78
20194,188#91
20203,781#97
20213,657#104
20223,638#99
20233,487#103
20243,507#100
20253,501#101

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1984

CA
2,058
NY
1,511
OH
1,449
IL
1,303
TX
1,268
PA
1,206

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