Adam

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from the male personal name Adam, from Hebrew, literally 'man'; also used attributively for things designed by James and/or Robert Adam

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ædəm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Adam is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Poland it is the 14th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 96(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 112
  • HUHungary1 in 153

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

496,300 people, 2020

#231 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
656 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 96 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AdamLatin(measured from records)
АдамCyrillic(measured from records)
ΑδαμGreek(measured from records)
ԱդամArmenian(measured from records)
아담Hangul(measured from records)
ადამGeorgian(measured from records)

Locally spelled Ádám in HU Hungary.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from the male personal name Adam, from Hebrew, literally 'man'; also used attributively for things designed by James and/or Robert Adam

Sources 1

  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Adam counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Adam is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#125496,3001 in 670496KAdam656
PL Poland#14400,5721 in 96401KAdam259
GB United Kingdom#66≈160,000 est.≈1 in 413listedAdam419
NG Nigeria#210≈140,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K#2Adam109
CZ Czechia#4695,6741 in 11296KAdam185
HU Hungary#5563,7011 in 15364KÁdám97
SE Sweden#12236,1541 in 28236KAdam155
SK Slovakia#34≈18,000 est.≈1 in 306245Adam136

496,300 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); MVČR — living population register 2017; Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Adam is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, United Kingdom, Sweden

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Ádám, Ädäm

  • French given name54 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Ádám, Adàm, Adâm, Àdàm, Ãdãm

  • Spanish given name154 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Argentina, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, English, Portuguese

    Also written Adan, Adán, Aedan, Adàn, Aédan

  • Indonesian given name20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, United States, Nigeria

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Adam, Adam', Ádám, Ãdäm, Ädam

  • a separate name15 spellings in the group

    Also written Ádám, Ādām, Ádäm, Adám, Ádàm

  • English surname82 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Nigeria, United States, Netherlands, Tanzania

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Adamu, Ádám, Aedam, A'Dam, Adaem

  • Uzbek given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Türkiye, Kazakhstan, United States

    Languages: Uzbek, Turkish, Kazakh

    Also written Адам, Âdäm, Ádám, Адәм, Ādam

116 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Adam is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • He represents the origin of humanity and the entry of sin into the world; in Christianity, he typifies the 'Old Man' in contrast to Christ as the 'New Man'.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • A classic, enduring name of Hebrew origin meaning 'son of the red earth' or 'man', popular across Jewish, Christian, and Muslim cultures.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • Human; Mankind; Earth/Ground (derived from Hebrew 'adamah')

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In English, from Hebrew Adam 'red'; found in DB and common thereafter; first attested Adam Warenarius 1146–53 DC (London)

    as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames

  • In English, May be patronymic, but in medieval use often chosen for the biblical name Adam, Hebrew for ‘man’.

    as a nameScottish Surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Henryk Sienkiewicz, b. 1846Adam Sandler, b. 1966Adam Savage, b. 1967Adam McKay, b. 1968Spike Jonze, b. 1969Adam Scott, b. 1973Adam Levine, b. 1979Jake McLaughlin, b. 1982Jesse Eisenberg, b. 1983Joe Jonas, b. 1989
  • Henryk Sienkiewiczb. 1846PLnot in their usual namePolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate (1846–1916)
  • Adam Sandlerb. 1966USAmerican actor and comedian
  • Adam Savageb. 1967USAmerican special effects specialist and television host
  • Adam McKayb. 1968USAmerican filmmaker (born 1968)
  • Spike Jonzeb. 1969USnot in their usual nameAmerican filmmaker (born 1969)
  • Adam Scottb. 1973USAmerican actor (born 1973)
  • Adam Levineb. 1979USAmerican singer (born 1979)
  • Jake McLaughlinb. 1982USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Jesse Eisenbergb. 1983USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Joe Jonasb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer, actor and musician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Adam,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 190 sources across 98 countries.

Official registers attesting Adam
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020496K#87
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—401K#10
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026401K#10
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—96K#54
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—48K#62
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—36K#119
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202024K—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20253.5K—
PL PolandMinistry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present)20252.3K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020784#87

Reference works 10

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Adam mean, and where does it come from?
from the male personal name Adam, from Hebrew, literally 'man'; also used attributively for things designed by James and/or Robert Adam Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
Is Adam a male or female name?
Adam is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Adam have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 496 thousand people named Adam, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled adam.
Where is Adam most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Adam is densest in Poland — about 1 in 96 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
What are other forms of the name Adam?
In the etymology graph, Adem, Ade and Addie are forms of the same name in other languages.
How common is the name Adam?
In the United States, the national register counted 496,300 people named Adam in 2020, about 1 in 670 residents.
How common is Adam compared with other names?
In the United States, Adam is the 125th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
How do you pronounce Adam?
A machine transcription gives /ædəm/ (IPA) for English.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Adam” — the 125th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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