Adonay
Adonay is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Adonay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adonay is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Adonay
Adonay first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1989, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2018: 32 births, good for #3,446 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Adonays. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #4,076 among baby boy names with 26 births, holding steady (+2%). In total, more than 585 Adonays 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 Adonay
Adonay is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 585 births in the dataset. Adonay's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #3,446. Use the chart and map above to compare Adonay'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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