Adan
Adan is ranked 495th among boys in 2024 (620 births). Its best rank was 286th, in 2004.
- Rank in 2024
- #495down 24 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 6200.04% of boys
- Peak year
- 20051,157 births
- Best rank
- #286in 2004
- Since 1904
- 30,848people given the name
The story in the numbers
30,848 boys have been named Adan in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 1,157 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 375 → 495).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 29%. It has spent 84 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Adan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 96 | |
| 1920s | 323 | |
| 1930s | 399 | |
| 1940s | 513 | |
| 1950s | 569 | |
| 1960s | 800 | |
| 1970s | 1,470 | |
| 1980s | 2,577 | |
| 1990s | 3,902 | |
| 2000s | 8,820 | |
| 2010s | 8,118 | |
| 2020s | 3,256 |
In 2005, its biggest year
Adan was the 287th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2005 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Adan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adrianopeak 2006
- Andreipeak 2006
- Amaurypeak 2009
- Neelpeak 2009
- Nahumpeak 2007
- Kamranpeak 2007
- Gabrielpeak 2008
- Alonsopeak 2010
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.