Male name
Adam
73,286 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996. Expression number: 1.
Origin
From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”). Albrecht Dürer's depiction of Adam (1507)From Wiktionary, entry “Adam”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 4,538 births. 73,286 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 16th among boys' names in 1996. It is still given: 6,908 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1984: 24,081 births. 582,453 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. At its peak, it ranked 18th among boys' names in 1983. It is still given: 17,813 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2001: 833 births. 18,492 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. At its peak, it ranked 3rd among boys' names in 2001. It really came into use around 1973. It is still given: 1,047 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 85,465 | 1900–2025 | 4th in 2016 |
| Quebec | 11,914 | 1980–2025 | 10th in 2025 |
| Switzerland | 4,855* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 4,523 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Austria | 2,947 | 1984–2025 | 29th in 2024 |
| Berlin | 1,967 | 2012–2023 | 4th in 2023 |
| Argentina | 1,011 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 10 → 1
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
2
cooperation, sensitivity, connection
1 + 1 = 2
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
4 + 4 = 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.