Adonijah
Adonijah is the fourth son of King David in the Bible. The given name may also refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Adonijah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adonijah is the fourth son of King David in the Bible. The given name may also refer to:
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The Story of Adonijah
Adonijah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1982, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 33 Adonijahs were born — ranking #3,297 that year. As of 2026, Adonijah ranks #6,280 for baby boys with 13 births, gradually falling (-11%). In total, more than 496 Adonijahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Adonijah
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- Adonijah Bidwell (1716–1784), colonial American minister and supporter of American independence
- Adonijah Reid (born 1999), Canadian soccer player
- Adonijah Welch (1821–1889), United States Senator from Florida and the first president of Iowa State Agricultural College
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Names that sound like Adonijah
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About the name Adonijah
Adonijah is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 496 births in the dataset. Adonijah's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #3,297. Use the chart and map above to compare Adonijah'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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