# Adam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “earth”, “man”, “soil”, “light brown”, “red earth”, “ground” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈædəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Addy |
| Variant spellings | Adams |
| US babies named this | 582,453 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 580,378 / 2,075 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 73,286, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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”).

## What it means

Adam is grouped under earth.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 13 | 8,969 |
| 2009 | 7 | 13,727 |
| 2010 | 9 | 11,261 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9,726 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16,584 |
| 2014 | 7 | 13,090 |
| 2015 | 6 | 14,515 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,353 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,632 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,485 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,465 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,164 |
| 2021 | 5 | 15,294 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,133 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,464 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5,215 | 81 |
| 2012 | 5,323 | 82 |
| 2013 | 5,251 | 82 |
| 2014 | 5,344 | 79 |
| 2015 | 5,404 | 73 |
| 2016 | 5,224 | 75 |
| 2017 | 4,933 | 77 |
| 2018 | 4,711 | 78 |
| 2019 | 4,188 | 91 |
| 2020 | 3,781 | 97 |
| 2021 | 3,657 | 104 |
| 2022 | 3,638 | 99 |
| 2023 | 3,487 | 103 |
| 2024 | 3,507 | 100 |
| 2025 | 3,501 | 101 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,062 | 38 |
| 2012 | 1,907 | 39 |
| 2013 | 1,761 | 40 |
| 2014 | 1,790 | 39 |
| 2015 | 1,903 | 38 |
| 2016 | 1,815 | 37 |
| 2017 | 1,788 | 36 |
| 2018 | 1,672 | 38 |
| 2019 | 1,618 | 39 |
| 2020 | 1,476 | 34 |
| 2021 | 1,367 | 44 |
| 2022 | 1,374 | 41 |
| 2023 | 1,326 | 41 |
| 2024 | 1,410 | 35 |
| 2025 | 1,431 | 26 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: آدَم, ءَادَم
- Armenian: Ադամ
- Bulgarian: Ада́м, А́дам, Ада́мов
- Catalan: Adam
- Chinese: 亞當 /亚当, 阿丹
- Czech: Adam
- Danish: Adam
- Dutch: Adam
- Esperanto: Adamo
- Estonian: Aadu, Aadam
- Finnish: Aatami, Aadam, Aatamila
- French: Adam
- German: Adam
- Greek: Αδάμ, Αδάμος
- Hebrew: אָדָם
- Hindi: आदम, ऐडम
- Hungarian: Ádám
- Icelandic: Adam
- Indonesian: Adam
- Irish: Ádhamh

## People named Adam

- Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian (born 1966)
- Adam Levine, American singer (born 1979)
- Adam Riess, American astrophysicist
- Adam Driver, American actor (born 1983)
- Adam Lambert, American singer (born 1982)
- Adam of Bremen, 11th-century German historian and chronicler
- Adam Lallana, English association football player
- Adam Brody, American actor
- Adam Baldwin, American actor
- Adam de la Halle, French poet, composer and trouvère
- Adam Savage, American special effects specialist and television host (born 1967)
- Adam McKay, American filmmaker (born 1968)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.