Adlai*
#5,992 most common boys' name of all time · #14,909 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1891–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#5,992
Rank overall
#14,909 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
696
Since 2016
155
Peak year
1952 #1,192
Best rank
#496 1892
Girls
Boys
peak 39/yr
Adlai first appears in 1891. 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 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,742 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,933 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,955 |
| 2022 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,576 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #8,199 |
| 2020 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,102 |
| 2019 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 2018 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #5,120 |
| 2017 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #5,806 |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #8,172 |
| 2015 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,072 |
| 2014 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #7,591 |
| 2013 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,640 |
| 2012 | 6 | 21 | 27 | #4,544 |
| 2011 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,695 |
| 2010 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,273 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,832 |
| 2008 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #6,785 |
| 2007 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,813 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,115 |
| 2005 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,660 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #8,976 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,685 |
| 2002 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #5,151 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,396 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,252 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,187 |
| 1998 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,494 |
| 1996 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #4,901 |
| 1994 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,010 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,341 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,479 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,203 |
| 1986 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,391 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,214 |
| 1981 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,537 |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,607 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,419 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,188 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,763 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,052 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,122 |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,641 |
| 1956 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,695 |
| 1955 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,345 |
| 1954 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,243 |
| 1953 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,860 |
| 1952 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,192 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,648 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,847 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,292 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,434 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,370 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,210 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #767 |
| 1892 | — | 17 | 17 | #496 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #950 |