Adams
Adams is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 37 births. Its best rank was 885th, in 1898.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 370.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198342 births
- Best rank
- #885in 1898
- Since 1898
- 1,196people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,196 boys have been named Adams in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 42 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 27%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Adams | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 42 | |
| 1920s | 40 | |
| 1930s | 39 | |
| 1950s | 18 | |
| 1960s | 46 | |
| 1970s | 161 | |
| 1980s | 328 | |
| 1990s | 134 | |
| 2000s | 119 | |
| 2010s | 137 | |
| 2020s | 125 |
In 1983, its biggest year
Adams was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1983 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, David and Joshua. See all of 1983.
Names that rose and fell with Adams
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rustinpeak 1979
- Adampeak 1984
- Barretpeak 2019
- Yvespeak 1985
- Jamarrpeak 1981
- Antuanpeak 1981
- Aaronpeak 1989
- Mattewpeak 1987
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.