Masculine dossier · first seen 1898

Adams

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Adams
Creator: Social Security Administration

Rising Gaining cultural share

Peak era

1983

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1898Peak 19832024

Peak year

1983

Decline from peak

11.9%

2024

All-time

1,196

Adams is accumulating new signal in the present tense. Whether it is a revival or a fresh adoption curve, the name is moving from background noise toward cultural visibility again.

Your name peaked in 1983, when 42 boys were named Adams.

In 2024, only 37 boys were given the name.

All told, about 1,196 Americans have been named Adams and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryGaining cultural share

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