# Adem (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adem/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,229 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,229 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 759, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,887 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,956 |
| 2013 | 37 | 2,999 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,624 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,528 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,587 |
| 2017 | 46 | 2,674 |
| 2018 | 48 | 2,617 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,053 |
| 2020 | 42 | 2,846 |
| 2021 | 45 | 2,777 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,413 |
| 2023 | 41 | 3,007 |
| 2024 | 44 | 2,874 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,398 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 39 | 805 |
| 2013 | 34 | 872 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,074 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,068 |
| 2018 | 23 | 1,158 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,004 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## People named Adem

- Adem Demaçi, Albanian politician (1936-2018)
- Adem Jashari, Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (1955–1998)
- Adem Zorgane, Algerian footballer
- Adem Hecini, Algerian athletics competitor (born 1975)
- Adem Čejvan, Bosnia and Herzegovina actor (1927-1989)

## 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.