girls:
135 births since 1976
#5581 (2nd percentile)
boys:
30.2k births since 1904
#665 (86th percentile)
overall:
30.4k births since 1904
#1457 (81st percentile)
The name Adan is the #1,457 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 30,361 recorded births since 1904. This represents the 81.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #665 (85.5% percentile) for all time with 30,226 births since 1904. For girls, it ranks #5,581 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 1976.
Adan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1904 (1904 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Adan is available in 112 out of the 120 years between 1904 and 2023 (112 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Adan reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 68.5% percentile (ranked #276) with 544 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 544 births per million (ranked 68.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Adan ranks #426 for boys (53.3% percentile) with 351 births per million, which is 64.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Adan reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #950) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Adan ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 39.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adan".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Adan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.6% confident that Adan is pronounced as AY-duhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-DAN, at 36.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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