Ad
Ad is a first name. It is common in the Netherlands, where it is almost always short for Adrianus or Adriaan. In America it can be short for Adolph, Adam, Addison, and others.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Ad
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ad is a first name. It is common in the Netherlands, where it is almost always short for Adrianus or Adriaan. In America it can be short for Adolph, Adam, Addison, and others.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Ad
The earliest SSA record of Ad as a baby boy name dates back to 1888, when 5 babies received it. 1914 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Ad — #2,651 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Ad on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ad last appeared in the published SSA data in 1940, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 73 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ad
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ad. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Ad
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About the name Ad
Ad is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1888 and has accumulated 73 births in the dataset. Ad's peak popularity came in 1914 when it ranked #2,651. Use the chart and map above to compare Ad's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.