Adan
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #482 for boys in 2025, 625 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2004 · 1,114 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 31,478since 1904
Adan over time
Rank among boys' names. Adan has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #482 | 625 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #496 | 622 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #471 | 643 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 | #436 | 711 |
| 2021 | — | #461 | 652 | |
| 2020 | — | #473 | 631 | |
| 2019 | — | #444 | 686 | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #450 | 665 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #420 | 743 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #391 | 819 |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #396 | 785 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #375 | 835 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #362 | 870 |
| 2012 | — | #354 | 867 | |
| 2011 | — | #335 | 905 | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | #332 | 944 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #293 | 1,126 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #299 | 1,112 |
| 2007 | — | #307 | 1,080 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #302 | 1,099 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #287 | 1,158 |
| 2004 | — | #286 | 1,114 | |
| 2003 | — | #409 | 629 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #443 | 556 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #477 | 493 |
| 2000 | — | #503 | 454 | |
| 1999 | — | #487 | 454 | |
| 1998 | — | #533 | 383 | |
| 1997 | — | #507 | 404 | |
| 1996 | — | #512 | 397 | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #508 | 404 |
| 1994 | — | #539 | 360 | |
| 1993 | — | #514 | 400 | |
| 1992 | — | #499 | 406 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #533 | 359 |
| 1990 | — | #547 | 335 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #558 | 300 |
| 1988 | — | #563 | 270 | |
| 1987 | — | #560 | 262 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #496 | 310 |
| 1985 | — | #569 | 241 | |
| 1984 | — | #551 | 246 | |
| 1983 | — | #548 | 234 | |
| 1982 | — | #572 | 225 | |
| 1981 | — | #529 | 252 | |
| 1980 | — | #558 | 237 | |
| 1979 | — | #637 | 182 | |
| 1978 | — | #658 | 163 | |
| 1977 | — | #616 | 186 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #596 | 185 |
| 1975 | — | #702 | 140 | |
| 1974 | — | #718 | 130 | |
| 1973 | — | #658 | 147 | |
| 1972 | — | #757 | 110 | |
| 1971 | — | #755 | 118 | |
| 1970 | — | #788 | 109 | |
| 1969 | — | #775 | 100 | |
| 1968 | — | #814 | 83 | |
| 1967 | — | #786 | 86 | |
| 1966 | — | #805 | 82 | |
| 1965 | — | #870 | 71 | |
| 1964 | — | #867 | 77 | |
| 1963 | — | #847 | 80 | |
| 1962 | — | #786 | 94 | |
| 1961 | — | #990 | 61 | |
| 1960 | — | #927 | 66 | |
| 1959 | — | #914 | 70 | |
| 1958 | — | #950 | 64 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,041 | 53 | |
| 1956 | — | #986 | 57 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,002 | 56 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,242 | 36 | |
| 1953 | — | #895 | 64 | |
| 1952 | — | #870 | 65 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,150 | 39 | |
| 1950 | — | #844 | 65 | |
| 1949 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1947 | — | #916 | 58 | |
| 1946 | — | #799 | 69 | |
| 1945 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1944 | — | #878 | 52 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,018 | 43 | |
| 1942 | — | #970 | 47 | |
| 1941 | — | #888 | 51 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,050 | 38 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1937 | — | #922 | 46 | |
| 1936 | — | #989 | 40 | |
| 1935 | — | #992 | 41 | |
| 1934 | — | #931 | 46 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,202 | 30 | |
| 1932 | — | #980 | 45 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,170 | 34 | |
| 1930 | — | #958 | 50 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,138 | 37 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,003 | 47 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,012 | 48 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,432 | 26 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,332 | 30 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,355 | 30 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,420 | 27 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,695 | 21 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,505 | 25 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,063 | 15 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,710 | 20 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,771 | 17 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | #1,619 | 10 | |
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| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Adan! It came in at #1,205, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Adan is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Nevada#177 · 1 in 647
- Arizona#204 · 1 in 787
- California#218 · 1 in 975
- Texas#245 · 1 in 1,106
- Illinois#276 · 1 in 1,302
Best ever in a state: #113 in New Mexico, 2004.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #177 | 21 | 1 in 647 |
| Arizona | #204 | 47 | 1 in 787 |
| California | #218 | 232 | 1 in 975 |
| Texas | #245 | 170 | 1 in 1,106 |
| Illinois | #276 | 51 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Washington | #344 | 23 | 1 in 1,599 |
| New Mexico | #349 | 6 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Colorado | #378 | 16 | 1 in 1,730 |
| Nebraska | #387 | 6 | 1 in 1,684 |
| Kansas | #390 | 9 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Utah | #442 | 10 | 1 in 2,126 |
| Wisconsin | #454 | 11 | 1 in 2,474 |
| Oklahoma | #477 | 9 | 1 in 2,308 |
| New Jersey | #478 | 14 | 1 in 2,971 |
| Iowa | #505 | 6 | 1 in 2,629 |
| Minnesota | #537 | 9 | 1 in 3,154 |
| Georgia | #542 | 17 | 1 in 3,232 |
| Arkansas | #544 | 5 | 1 in 2,927 |
| North Carolina | #562 | 14 | 1 in 3,715 |
| Indiana | #576 | 10 | 1 in 3,615 |
| South Carolina | #659 | 5 | 1 in 4,302 |
| Michigan | #670 | 11 | 1 in 4,342 |
| New York | #794 | 17 | 1 in 6,050 |
| Florida | #837 | 15 | 1 in 6,557 |
| Tennessee | #915 | 5 | 1 in 7,308 |
| Virginia | #990 | 5 | 1 in 8,484 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Adan
- 14 spots since 2024 (#496 → #482)
- 9 spots since 2020 (#473 → #482)
- 86 spots since 2015 (#396 → #482)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1952 (#1,150 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 347 spots in 1954 (#895 → #1,242)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 2004 at #286 (1,114 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 85 yrs · run 1958–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,725 boys born in 2005 were named Adan (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,733 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #286 in 2004, was only 1 in 1,782 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.0% of all boys named Adan (8,821) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,205 (1904) | #1,205 |
| 1910s | 96 | #1,619 (1912) | #2,057 |
| 1920s | 323 | #1,003 (1928) | #1,319 |
| 1930s | 399 | #922 (1937) | #1,038 |
| 1940s | 513 | #798 (1945) | #939 |
| 1950s | 569 | #844 (1950) | #989 |
| 1960s | 800 | #775 (1969) | #847 |
| 1970s | 1,470 | #596 (1976) | #689 |
| 1980s | 2,577 | #496 (1986) | #550 |
| 1990s | 3,902 | #487 (1999) | #518 |
| 2000s | 8,821 | #286 (2004) | #361 |
| 2010s | 8,119 | #332 (2010) | #386 |
| 2020s | 3,884 | #436 (2022) | #470 |
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.
Adan in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 148,758 of them was named Adan, which outranked 53.3% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,447Zita13
- #8,447Ziyan13
- #8,447Zoraida13
- #8,931Adan12
- #8,931Aahna12
- #8,931Aaima12
- #8,931Aalijah12
- #9,481Aaisha11
- #9,481Aalaiyah11
- #9,481Aaleah11
Tied with 549 names at #8,931; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 2,442 of them was named Adan, which outranked 97.2% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.