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How popular is the name Adam?
Births per year, rank history and how many Adams are alive today.
Adam (male) is currently the 35th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 1,410 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 7,600 babies were given the name, the 12th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2024 figure is roughly 19% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 90,000 babies have been named Adam in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Adam is one spelling of a name also recorded as Aadam; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Adam you are most likely to meet is around 41 years old. Half of all Adams born in England and Wales are between 27 and 45, and there are at least 230,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 53% chance that at least one of them will be called Adam.
How many babies are named Adam each year?
Includes all spellings: Adam, Aadam. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Adam spelling rank?
Where does the Aadam spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Adam most popular?
Adam peaked in 1984, when around 7,600 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Adam?
At least 230,000 people named Adam in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Adam?
Most living Adams are between 27 and 45; the most common age is about 41.
Is Adam becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.