Boys' name · peaked in 2023
Adonis name popularity since 1925
21,676 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Adonis. Half of them were born in 2019 or earlier, so the typical Adonis is about 7 years old in 2026. Adonis peaked in 2023 as the #175 name for boys, and it ranked #241 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,676
- Named Adonis, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #241
- for boys in 2025 (1,462 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.5% boys
- 101 girls · 21,575 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.37× its national share
Peak year is the year Adonis made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Adonis births per year, 1925–2025
2023 was the biggest year for Adonis both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2015 and 2020, Adonis became 5.2× more common, from 1 in 5,320 baby boys to 1 in 1,030.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Adonis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Adonis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Adonis in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 15 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 106 | #2,435 |
| 1960s | 7 | 119 | #2,084 |
| 1970s | 5 | 403 | #1,238 |
| 1980s | 6 | 526 | #1,544 |
| 1990s | 45 | 1,673 | #578 |
| 2000s | 8 | 2,346 | #820 |
| 2010s | 17 | 6,081 | #698 |
| 2020–25 | 13 | 10,301 | #241 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
71.2% of babies named Adonis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Adonis is most popular
The index compares Adonis's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Adonis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.37× | 1,665 |
| Arizona | 1.74× | 438 |
| Georgia | 1.72× | 925 |
| New York | 1.52× | 2,234 |
| Colorado | 1.44× | 344 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Adonis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Adonis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Adonis (2023).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data