Adonis
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- #241 for boys in 2025, 1,462 births
- Given to boys 99.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 2,102 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,593since 1918
Adonis over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Adonis has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #241 | 1,462 | |
| 2024 | — | #206 | 1,721 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #175 | 2,102 |
| 2022 | — | #224 | 1,613 | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #222 | 1,726 |
| 2020 | — | #223 | 1,677 | |
| 2019 | — | #242 | 1,545 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #366 | 902 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #394 | 813 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #395 | 804 |
| 2015 | — | #698 | 360 | |
| 2014 | — | #717 | 336 | |
| 2013 | — | #696 | 343 | |
| 2012 | — | #640 | 374 | |
| 2011 | — | #694 | 335 | |
| 2010 | — | #804 | 269 | |
| 2009 | — | #779 | 292 | |
| 2008 | — | #851 | 251 | |
| 2007 | — | #759 | 289 | |
| 2006 | — | #812 | 251 | |
| 2005 | — | #820 | 230 | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #783 | 232 |
| 2003 | — | #828 | 211 | |
| 2002 | — | #868 | 189 | |
| 2001 | — | #880 | 179 | |
| 2000 | — | #756 | 222 | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #790 | 194 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #790 | 193 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #788 | 188 |
| 1996 | — | #832 | 172 | |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #578 | 315 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #798 | 177 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #848 | 156 |
| 1992 | — | #1,162 | 90 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #1,046 | 106 |
| 1990 | — | #1,201 | 82 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,590 | 50 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,296 | 63 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #1,439 | 50 |
| 1986 | — | #1,255 | 59 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,275 | 52 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,150 | 63 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,433 | 44 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,227 | 56 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,028 | 74 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,537 | 37 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,450 | 40 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,111 | 58 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #1,238 | 47 |
| 1974 | — | #1,229 | 46 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,736 | 26 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,823 | 24 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,861 | 10 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,030 | 16 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | — | #2,084 | 15 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,729 | 21 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,858 | 9 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,041 | 8 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,337 | 7 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,530 | 11 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,593 | 23 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,186 | 13 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
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| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
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| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1918
The first year at least five boys were named Adonis! It came in at #4,179, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Adonis is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nevada#114 · 1 in 418
- District of Columbia#139 · 1 in 421
- Alaska#165 · 1 in 454
- Georgia#166 · 1 in 670
- South Carolina#167 · 1 in 623
Best ever in a state: #69 in Delaware, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #114 | 27 | 1 in 418 |
| District of Columbia | #139 | 6 | 1 in 421 |
| Alaska | #165 | 5 | 1 in 454 |
| Georgia | #166 | 75 | 1 in 670 |
| South Carolina | #167 | 34 | 1 in 623 |
| Maryland | #176 | 34 | 1 in 673 |
| Florida | #185 | 119 | 1 in 803 |
| New York | #186 | 107 | 1 in 789 |
| Virginia | #190 | 47 | 1 in 793 |
| Alabama | #191 | 30 | 1 in 717 |
| Delaware | #203 | 5 | 1 in 589 |
| Arizona | #214 | 39 | 1 in 839 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| Oklahoma | #215 | 22 | 1 in 804 |
| Texas | #218 | 178 | 1 in 983 |
| Connecticut | #219 | 15 | 1 in 880 |
| North Carolina | #226 | 55 | 1 in 936 |
| Pennsylvania | #230 | 53 | 1 in 986 |
| Indiana | #239 | 34 | 1 in 931 |
| Wisconsin | #244 | 24 | 1 in 976 |
| Colorado | #251 | 26 | 1 in 1,033 |
| New Jersey | #251 | 37 | 1 in 1,075 |
| Illinois | #252 | 45 | 1 in 1,101 |
| Michigan | #252 | 40 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Ohio | #259 | 48 | 1 in 1,094 |
| Louisiana | #266 | 19 | 1 in 1,007 |
| New Mexico | #270 | 7 | 1 in 929 |
| California | #277 | 134 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| Massachusetts | #289 | 20 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Missouri | #291 | 23 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Kentucky | #295 | 18 | 1 in 1,141 |
| Kansas | #324 | 11 | 1 in 1,277 |
| Tennessee | #348 | 25 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Washington | #403 | 18 | 1 in 1,822 |
| Utah | #409 | 11 | 1 in 1,788 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 12 | 1 in 2,042 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Adonis
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 18 spots since 2020 (#223 → #241)
- 457 spots since 2015 (#698 → #241)
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1993
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1996
Rise & fade · boys
105 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2023 at #175 (2,102 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 814
- Highest: 1 in 814 boys born in 2023 were named Adonis (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,168 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 47.7% of all boys named Adonis (10,301) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,179 (1918) | #4,179 |
| 1920s | 13 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,724 |
| 1930s | 15 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,613 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,525 (1946) | #3,525 |
| 1950s | 106 | #1,593 (1954) | #2,704 |
| 1960s | 119 | #1,729 (1964) | #2,576 |
| 1970s | 403 | #1,028 (1979) | #1,465 |
| 1980s | 526 | #1,150 (1982) | #1,359 |
| 1990s | 1,673 | #578 (1995) | #883 |
| 2000s | 2,346 | #756 (2000) | #814 |
| 2010s | 6,081 | #242 (2019) | #565 |
| 2020s | 10,301 | #175 (2023) | #215 |
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.
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