Adam
Adam is a common masculine given name in the English language, of Hebrew origin.
- English
- French
- German
- Polish
Meaning & Origin of Adam
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adam is a common masculine given name in the English language, of Hebrew origin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- French
- German
- Polish
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Czech
- Slovak
- Russian
- Ukrainian
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Macedonian
- Romanian
- Catalan
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Arabic
- Georgian
- Malay
- Indonesian
- Dhivehi
- Biblical
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical Greek
- Biblical Hebrew
- Quranic
- Hungarian
- Azerbaijani
The Story of Adam
Adam first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 104 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1984: 23,940 births, good for #18 nationwide. About 33% of every Adam on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Adam ranks #99 for baby boys with 3,414 births, falling sharply (-18%). All told, over 584K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Adam
Adam is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 584K births in the dataset. Adam's peak popularity came in 1984 when it ranked #18. Use the chart and map above to compare Adam'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.