Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Adam” in the USA?

Number of people named “Adam” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Adam” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Adam” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Adam” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Adam” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Adam” by birth year

This chart shows how “Adam” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 104 0.00051617 104 -100%
1881 116 0.000602009 116 -100%
1882 114 0.000514596 114 -100%
1883 107 0.00049321 107 -100%
1884 83 0.000340917 83 -100%
1885 96 0.000398582 96 -100%
1886 103 0.000403422 103 -100%
1887 84 0.000339542 84 -100%
1888 120 0.000400703 120 -100%
1889 93 0.000321859 93 -100%
1890 74 0.00024552 74 -100%
1891 87 0.000303482 87 -100%
1892 106 0.00031701 106 -100%
1893 87 0.000267509 87 -100%
1894 86 0.00025392 86 -100%
1895 78 0.00022221 78 -100%
1896 96 0.000268543 96 -100%
1897 88 0.000253634 88 -100%
1898 87 0.000228074 87 -100%
1899 74 0.000218139 74 -100%
1900 111 0.000246525 111 -100%
1901 71 0.000205314 71 -100%
1902 99 0.000255991 99 -100%
1903 82 0.00021511 82 -100%
1904 103 0.000255276 103 -100%
1905 101 0.000238251 101 -100%
1906 105 0.000245069 105 -100%
1907 127 0.000272889 127 -100%
1908 109 0.000223064 109 -100%
1909 113 0.000221038 113 -100%
1910 154 0.000260703 154 -100%
1911 189 0.000293352 189 -100%
1912 307 0.000310709 307 -100%
1913 354 0.000311316 5 349 -97%
1914 489 0.000345255 489 -100%
1915 574 0.000313246 574 -100%
1916 609 0.000314824 609 -100%
1917 614 0.000305967 614 -100%
1918 653 0.000300768 653 -100%
1919 542 0.000256842 542 -100%
1920 579 0.000255895 579 -100%
1921 588 0.000251874 5 583 -98%
1922 469 0.000204879 469 -100%
1923 435 0.000188927 7 428 -97%
1924 465 0.000195246 465 -100%
1925 458 0.000196288 6 452 -97%
1926 425 0.000185112 425 -100%
1927 389 0.000167719 389 -100%
1928 359 0.000158784 359 -100%
1929 306 0.000139588 306 -100%
1930 273 0.000122791 273 -100%
1931 300 0.000142559 300 -100%
1932 258 0.0001222 258 -100%
1933 234 0.000117032 234 -100%
1934 239 0.00011508 239 -100%
1935 237 0.000113403 237 -100%
1936 216 0.000103967 216 -100%
1937 222 0.000104193 222 -100%
1938 214 0.00009672 214 -100%
1939 216 0.000098028 216 -100%
1940 227 0.000098581 227 -100%
1941 230 0.000094401 230 -100%
1942 240 0.000087854 240 -100%
1943 253 0.000089635 253 -100%
1944 220 0.000081782 220 -100%
1945 210 0.000079158 210 -100%
1946 247 0.000077301 247 -100%
1947 269 0.000074674 269 -100%
1948 240 0.000069514 240 -100%
1949 300 0.000086089 300 -100%
1950 308 0.000087916 308 -100%
1951 300 0.000081439 300 -100%
1952 294 0.000077409 294 -100%
1953 324 0.000084076 324 -100%
1954 281 0.00007059 281 -100%
1955 354 0.000088168 354 -100%
1956 390 0.00009459 390 -100%
1957 438 0.000104233 6 432 -97%
1958 467 0.000112968 467 -100%
1959 582 0.000139971 582 -100%
1960 1019 0.000245317 1019 -100%
1961 1580 0.000381431 1580 -100%
1962 2149 0.000532541 2149 -100%
1963 2353 0.000594462 7 2346 -99%
1964 2862 0.000736186 12 2850 -99%
1965 2570 0.000708878 8 2562 -99%
1966 2510 0.000722166 12 2498 -99%
1967 2530 0.000745236 7 2523 -99%
1968 2550 0.000754792 10 2540 -99%
1969 2881 0.000828988 17 2864 -99%
1970 4335 0.001201992 21 4314 -99%
1971 5873 0.00171107 26 5847 -99%
1972 5765 0.001834238 25 5740 -99%
1973 6880 0.002280497 39 6841 -99%
1974 8475 0.00278783 50 8425 -99%
1975 8690 0.002878061 44 8646 -99%
1976 9984 0.00329038 45 9939 -99%
1977 11092 0.0034919 61 11031 -99%
1978 13987 0.004406923 68 13919 -99%
1979 17147 0.005153893 97 17050 -99%
1980 18963 0.005505288 96 18867 -99%
1981 20119 0.005815791 77 20042 -99%
1982 20218 0.00576346 116 20102 -99%
1983 23621 0.006820297 132 23489 -99%
1984 24082 0.006902749 142 23940 -99%
1985 20282 0.005682649 117 20165 -99%
1986 18245 0.00512921 90 18155 -99%
1987 17033 0.004724022 102 16931 -99%
1988 16549 0.004478703 84 16465 -99%
1989 16988 0.004418841 60 16928 -99%
1990 14748 0.00373133 35 14713 -100%
1991 12329 0.003165125 21 12308 -100%
1992 11940 0.003108345 37 11903 -99%
1993 11555 0.00306476 21 11534 -100%
1994 11059 0.002974726 37 11022 -99%
1995 10498 0.002866618 13 10485 -100%
1996 9581 0.00262695 24 9557 -99%
1997 8820 0.002432601 15 8805 -100%
1998 8369 0.002275293 13 8356 -100%
1999 8244 0.002231807 21 8223 -99%
2000 8153 0.002156933 16 8137 -100%
2001 7770 0.002075659 13 7757 -100%
2002 7762 0.00207635 8 7754 -100%
2003 7711 0.002027973 21 7690 -99%
2004 7511 0.001965755 37 7474 -99%
2005 6860 0.001784207 14 6846 -100%
2006 6816 0.00172287 12 6804 -100%
2007 6797 0.001700235 7 6790 -100%
2008 6111 0.001554699 13 6098 -100%
2009 5683 0.001487628 7 5676 -100%
2010 5119 0.001385109 9 5110 -100%
2011 5226 0.001428731 11 5215 -100%
2012 5323 0.001455419 5323 -100%
2013 5256 0.001441711 5 5251 -100%
2014 5350 0.001443458 7 5343 -100%
2015 5408 0.001461261 6 5402 -100%
2016 5227 0.001424756 6 5221 -100%
2017 4940 0.001381356 8 4932 -100%
2018 4718 0.001341905 7 4711 -100%
2019 4195 0.001208609 7 4188 -100%
2020 3785 0.001133038 7 3778 -100%
2021 3661 0.001080595 5 3656 -100%
2022 3636 0.001074743 3636 -100%
2023 3482 0.001051584 3482 -100%
2024 3505 0.001053027 8 3497 -100%

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