Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Adam

#59 most common boys' name of all time · #108 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#59
Rank overall
#108 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
582,453
Since 2016
40,685
Peak year
1984 #18
Best rank
#18 1983
Girls Boys peak 24,081/yr
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Adam is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 3,501 3,511 #101
2024 8 3,507 3,515 #100
2023 — 3,487 3,487 #103
2022 — 3,638 3,638 #99
2021 5 3,657 3,662 #104
2020 7 3,781 3,788 #97
2019 7 4,188 4,195 #91
2018 7 4,711 4,718 #78
2017 8 4,933 4,941 #77
2016 6 5,224 5,230 #75
2015 6 5,404 5,410 #73
2014 7 5,344 5,351 #79
2013 5 5,251 5,256 #82
2012 — 5,323 5,323 #82
2011 11 5,215 5,226 #81
2010 9 5,111 5,120 #80
2009 7 5,676 5,683 #74
2008 13 6,098 6,111 #72
2007 7 6,790 6,797 #65
2006 12 6,806 6,818 #64
2005 14 6,846 6,860 #64
2004 37 7,474 7,511 #58
2003 21 7,690 7,711 #58
2002 8 7,754 7,762 #55
2001 13 7,758 7,771 #51
2000 16 8,136 8,152 #45
1999 21 8,223 8,244 #44
1998 13 8,356 8,369 #45
1997 15 8,805 8,820 #39
1996 24 9,557 9,581 #39
1995 13 10,485 10,498 #38
1994 37 11,023 11,060 #38
1993 21 11,534 11,555 #39
1992 37 11,905 11,942 #36
1991 21 12,308 12,329 #36
1990 35 14,713 14,748 #32
1989 60 16,928 16,988 #27
1988 84 16,467 16,551 #26
1987 102 16,931 17,033 #27
1986 90 18,157 18,247 #24
1985 117 20,165 20,282 #22
1984 142 23,939 24,081 #18
1983 132 23,488 23,620 #18
1982 116 20,099 20,215 #19
1981 77 20,044 20,121 #20
1980 96 18,868 18,964 #22
1979 97 17,046 17,143 #23
1978 68 13,918 13,986 #29
1977 61 11,030 11,091 #33
1976 45 9,937 9,982 #36
1975 44 8,646 8,690 #38
1974 50 8,421 8,471 #36
1973 39 6,842 6,881 #45
1972 25 5,740 5,765 #51
1971 26 5,846 5,872 #57
1970 21 4,313 4,334 #72
1969 17 2,860 2,877 #114
1968 10 2,540 2,550 #119
1967 7 2,524 2,531 #118
1966 12 2,498 2,510 #123
1965 8 2,561 2,569 #125
1964 12 2,850 2,862 #122
1963 7 2,346 2,353 #145
1962 — 2,149 2,149 #154
1961 — 1,579 1,579 #193
1960 — 1,018 1,018 #249
1959 — 582 582 #322
1958 — 467 467 #354
1957 6 432 438 #370
1956 — 390 390 #380
1955 — 354 354 #382
1954 — 281 281 #428
1953 — 324 324 #389
1952 — 294 294 #404
1951 — 300 300 #390
1950 — 308 308 #382
1949 — 300 300 #388
1948 — 240 240 #430
1947 — 269 269 #417
1946 — 247 247 #406
1945 — 210 210 #415
1944 — 220 220 #404
1943 — 253 253 #385
1942 — 240 240 #391
1941 — 230 230 #381
1940 — 227 227 #380
1939 — 216 216 #385
1938 — 214 214 #385
1937 — 222 222 #364
1936 — 216 216 #371
1935 — 237 237 #356
1934 — 239 239 #355
1933 — 234 234 #351
1932 — 258 258 #344
1931 — 300 300 #313
1930 — 273 273 #338
1929 — 306 306 #315
1928 — 359 359 #297
1927 — 389 389 #287
1926 — 425 425 #277
1925 6 452 458 #268
1924 — 465 465 #263
1923 7 428 435 #273
1922 — 469 469 #260
1921 5 583 588 #228
1920 — 579 579 #223
1919 — 542 542 #224
1918 — 653 653 #197
1917 — 614 614 #193
1916 — 609 609 #189
1915 — 574 574 #194
1914 — 489 489 #182
1913 5 349 354 #192
1912 — 307 307 #188
1911 — 189 189 #170
1910 — 154 154 #182
1909 — 113 113 #194
1908 — 109 109 #192
1907 — 127 127 #169
1906 — 105 105 #173
1905 — 101 101 #183
1904 — 103 103 #175
1903 — 82 82 #193
1902 — 99 99 #172
1901 — 71 71 #201
1900 — 111 111 #187
1899 — 74 74 #185
1898 — 87 87 #179
1897 — 88 88 #175
1896 — 96 96 #166
1895 — 78 78 #190
1894 — 86 86 #176
1893 — 87 87 #166
1892 — 106 106 #151
1891 — 87 87 #149
1890 — 74 74 #181
1889 — 93 93 #153
1888 — 120 120 #130
1887 — 84 84 #150
1886 — 103 103 #134
1885 — 96 96 #141
1884 — 83 83 #167
1883 — 107 107 #119
1882 — 114 114 #123
1881 — 116 116 #108
1880 — 104 104 #123