Adams
#4,235 most common boys' name of all time · #10,366 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1898–2025
Rank among boys
#4,235
Rank overall
#10,366 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
1,230
Since 2016
232
Peak year
1983 #1,476
Best rank
#997 1898
Girls
Boys
peak 42/yr
Adams first appears in 1898. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,461 |
| 2024 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,228 |
| 2023 | — | 38 | 38 | #3,190 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,317 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,585 |
| 2020 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,528 |
| 2019 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,164 |
| 2018 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,054 |
| 2017 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,237 |
| 2016 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,138 |
| 2015 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,085 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,657 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,563 |
| 2012 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,075 |
| 2011 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,030 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,848 |
| 2009 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,834 |
| 2008 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,650 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,918 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,025 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,249 |
| 2004 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,524 |
| 2003 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,050 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,155 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,049 |
| 2000 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,321 |
| 1999 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,554 |
| 1998 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,358 |
| 1997 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,673 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,204 |
| 1995 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,309 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,913 |
| 1993 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,524 |
| 1992 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,775 |
| 1991 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,511 |
| 1990 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,567 |
| 1989 | — | 35 | 35 | #2,039 |
| 1988 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,821 |
| 1987 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,771 |
| 1986 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,799 |
| 1985 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,307 |
| 1984 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,636 |
| 1983 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,476 |
| 1982 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,899 |
| 1981 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,831 |
| 1980 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1979 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,319 |
| 1978 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,769 |
| 1977 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,284 |
| 1976 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,345 |
| 1975 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,784 |
| 1974 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,482 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,485 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,849 |
| 1971 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,851 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,593 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,911 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,654 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,145 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,034 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,905 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,787 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,205 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,635 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,276 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,340 |
| 1933 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,741 |
| 1932 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,453 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,098 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,310 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,588 |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,906 |
| 1922 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,310 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,392 |
| 1919 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,431 |
| 1918 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,757 |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,002 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 1913 | — | 5 | 5 | #2,935 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #997 |