Adit
An adit or stulm is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine. Miners can use adits for access, drainage, ventilation, and extracting minerals at the lowest convenient level. Adits are also used to explore for mineral veins.
Meaning & Origin of Adit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
An adit or stulm is a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine. Miners can use adits for access, drainage, ventilation, and extracting minerals at the lowest convenient level. Adits are also used to explore for mineral veins.
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The Story of Adit
Adit first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 28 Adits were born — ranking #3,708 that year. As of 2026, Adit ranks #12,301 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 286 Adits have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Adit
Adit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 286 births in the dataset. Adit's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #3,708. Use the chart and map above to compare Adit'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 .
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