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Adam
Pronounced /ˈædəm/
Rank in 2024
#12,109
Born in 2024
8
Peak year
1984 · #1010
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:3,497 in 2024 (#100)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8 girls were named Adam, about 1 in every 201,649.
- It peaked in 1984 with 142 babies, ranked #1010.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 2,065 girls have been named Adam since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Adam per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 23 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 626 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,108 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 217 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈædəm/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Adam, CC BY-SA 4.0.