Ad

Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,130

Peak · boys
1888 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
73
since 1888

Ad over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ad has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #1,031, 1888boys
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Ad! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ad is popular in 1921

No state had 5 or more boys named Ad in 1921, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ad
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1940
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1888 at #1,031 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 24,170
  • Highest: 1 in 24,170 boys born in 1888 were named Ad (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 193,195 boys born in 1940 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 41.1% of all boys named Ad (30) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s0——
1900s0——
1910s25#2,544 (1912)#2,982
1920s30#3,385 (1926)#3,865
1930s7#3,289 (1930)#3,289
1940s6#3,130 (1940)#3,130

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ad in 1921

boys
#4,322
5 births · 1 in 220,290 boys

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #4,322Ad5
More about 1921

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 220,290 of them was named Ad, which outranked 13.3% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ad
  1. #3,869Zeddie6
  2. #3,869Zeke6
  3. #3,869Zenon6
  4. #4,322Ad5
  5. #4,322Abelino5
  6. #4,322Able5
  7. #4,322Adalbert5

Tied with 663 names at #4,322; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 828Kevin#1,543 → #715
  2. ↑ 499Enrico#1,157 → #658
  3. ↑ 435Richmond#1,225 → #790
  4. ↑ 427Reynaldo#1,252 → #825
  5. ↑ 425Art#1,416 → #991
Fallers
  1. ↓ 391Stacy#835 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 279Gorden#947 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 248Brady#653 → #901
  4. ↓ 246Guillermo#812 → #1,058
  5. ↓ 219Lindsay#903 → #1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921 →