# Adonis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adonis/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /əˈdɑn.ɪs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,694 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,593 / 101 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 556, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 5 | 9,071 |
| 1987 | 6 | 9,835 |
| 1991 | 5 | 13,166 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,605 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11,791 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,525 |
| 1997 | 8 | 9,818 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,454 |
| 1999 | 6 | 12,710 |
| 2004 | 8 | 11,640 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,379 |
| 2017 | 5 | 15,962 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13,836 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,232 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,498 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 335 | 694 |
| 2012 | 374 | 640 |
| 2013 | 343 | 696 |
| 2014 | 336 | 717 |
| 2015 | 360 | 698 |
| 2016 | 804 | 395 |
| 2017 | 813 | 394 |
| 2018 | 902 | 366 |
| 2019 | 1,545 | 242 |
| 2020 | 1,677 | 223 |
| 2021 | 1,726 | 222 |
| 2022 | 1,613 | 224 |
| 2023 | 2,102 | 175 |
| 2024 | 1,721 | 206 |
| 2025 | 1,462 | 241 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 12 | 1,923 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,097 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 29 | 962 |
| 2021 | 44 | 761 |
| 2022 | 41 | 784 |
| 2023 | 74 | 525 |
| 2024 | 120 | 361 |
| 2025 | 86 | 448 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Адонис
- Chinese: 阿多尼斯
- German: Adonis
- Italian: Adone
- Polish: Adonis
- Portuguese: Adônis, Adónis
- Russian: Адо́нис

## People named Adonis

- Adonis Stevenson, Canadian boxer
- Adonis Frías, Argentine footballer
- Adonis Jordan, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Adrian Adonis, American professional wrestler (1954–1988)
- Adonis Thomas, American basketball player (born 1993)
- Adonis García, baseball player

## 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.