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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Adonis has never cracked the top 100 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 | — | #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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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 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#130 · 1 in 594
- District of Columbia#139 · 1 in 420
- Nevada#141 · 1 in 494
- Connecticut#144 · 1 in 482
- North Carolina#149 · 1 in 630
Best ever in a state: #69 in Delaware, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #130 | 150 | 1 in 594 |
| District of Columbia | #139 | 8 | 1 in 420 |
| Nevada | #141 | 24 | 1 in 494 |
| Connecticut | #144 | 29 | 1 in 482 |
| North Carolina | #149 | 81 | 1 in 630 |
| Georgia | #152 | 80 | 1 in 630 |
| New Mexico | #160 | 13 | 1 in 540 |
| Florida | #161 | 136 | 1 in 682 |
| Virginia | #162 | 61 | 1 in 641 |
| Michigan | #171 | 64 | 1 in 671 |
| Louisiana | #176 | 32 | 1 in 679 |
| Wisconsin | #179 | 35 | 1 in 695 |
| Ohio | #198 | 69 | 1 in 786 |
| Pennsylvania | #201 | 64 | 1 in 866 |
| Maryland | #203 | 31 | 1 in 805 |
| New Jersey | #207 | 46 | 1 in 882 |
| Delaware | #210 | 5 | 1 in 643 |
| Oklahoma | #216 | 23 | 1 in 781 |
| South Dakota | #216 | 6 | 1 in 629 |
| Arizona | #219 | 38 | 1 in 858 |
| South Carolina | #221 | 24 | 1 in 844 |
| Indiana | #226 | 37 | 1 in 885 |
| Texas | #231 | 173 | 1 in 989 |
| Illinois | #232 | 55 | 1 in 980 |
| Hawaii | #241 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| Missouri | #242 | 29 | 1 in 984 |
| California | #251 | 160 | 1 in 1,184 |
| Kentucky | #251 | 20 | 1 in 993 |
| Tennessee | #252 | 35 | 1 in 1,024 |
| Massachusetts | #255 | 24 | 1 in 1,188 |
| Washington | #262 | 31 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Colorado | #273 | 24 | 1 in 1,076 |
| Nebraska | #284 | 9 | 1 in 988 |
| Iowa | #304 | 12 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Alabama | #314 | 17 | 1 in 1,295 |
| Arkansas | #331 | 10 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Mississippi | #375 | 8 | 1 in 1,498 |
| Kansas | #381 | 9 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Oregon | #385 | 10 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Minnesota | #404 | 14 | 1 in 1,796 |
| Utah | #460 | 9 | 1 in 2,133 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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
- 35 spots since 2024 (#206 → #241)
- 18 spots since 2020 (#223 → #241)
- 457 spots since 2015 (#698 → #241)
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1993 (#1,162 → #848)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1996 (#578 → #832)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2023 at #175 (2,102 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1993–2025
- Highest: 1 in 814 boys born in 2023 were named Adonis (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,168 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 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.
Adonis in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 234,409 of them was named Adonis, which outranked 30.9% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,146Zyleah8
- #11,146Zylia8
- #11,146Zyriah8
- #12,206Adonis7
- #12,206Aadhini7
- #12,206Aaditri7
- #12,206Aala7
- #13,464Aadhvika6
- #13,464Aakifah6
- #13,464Aaleya6
Tied with 1,257 names at #12,206; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 1,014 of them was named Adonis, which outranked 98.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.