girls:
222 births since 2001
#5494 (4th percentile)
boys:
1k births since 1990
#3552 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.3k births since 1990
#6476 (16th percentile)
The name Adonai is the #6,476 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,265 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 16.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 16.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,552 (22.5% percentile) for all time with 1,043 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,494 (3.9% percentile) for all time with 222 births since 2001.
Adonai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Adonai is available in 30 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (30 years for boys and 22 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 Adonai has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.5% of babies named Adonai were boys.
For boys, Adonai reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 7.7% percentile (ranked #843) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Adonai ranks #850 for boys (6.7% percentile) with 36 births per million, which is 93.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Adonai reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #946) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Adonai ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 90.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adonai".
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Our model is 20.0% confident that Adonai is pronounced as ah-doh-NAI, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is a-doh-NAI, at 11.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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