Adger

Last seen for boys in 1958 at #3,944

Peak · boys
1917 · 10 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
92
since 1914

Adger over time

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Rank among boys' names. Adger has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #2,562, 1917boys
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Adger! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Adger is popular in 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #384 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,015 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Adger, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#384 · 1 in 4,015

Best ever in a state: #328 in South Carolina, 1915.

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See more about Adger
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1958
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1917 at #2,562 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1918, 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 92,548
  • Highest: 1 in 92,548 boys born in 1917 were named Adger (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 424,482 boys born in 1958 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 37.0% of all boys named Adger (34) were born in this decade
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s34#2,562 (1917)#2,743
1920s33#2,659 (1928)#3,120
1930s15#3,549 (1936)#3,696
1940s5#3,525 (1946)#3,525
1950s5#3,944 (1958)#3,944

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.

Adger in 1924

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#3,260
8 births · 1 in 141,593 boys

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #3,260Adger8
More about 1924

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 141,593 of them was named Adger, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adger
  1. #3,023Yoshito9
  2. #3,023Zeke9
  3. #3,023Zolton9
  4. #3,260Adger8
  5. #3,260Achilles8
  6. #3,260Admiral8
  7. #3,260Adrin8
  8. #3,505Ac7
  9. #3,505Ada7
  10. #3,505Adams7

Tied with 244 names at #3,260; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →