Aadam

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Aadam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Aadam: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #322 in 2015, and it stood at #500 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#322highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#588
1997	#578
1998	#430
1999	#418
2000	#472
2001	#444
2002	#334
2003	#381
2004	#413
2005	#374
2006	#472
2007	#470
2008	#461
2009	#432
2010	#543
2011	#467
2012	#434
2013	#373
2014	#374
2015	#322
2016	#326
2017	#421
2018	#328
2019	#327
2020	#456
2021	#457
2022	#509
2023	#550
2024	#500

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #500 among boys in England and Wales, #619 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #588 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #322 among boys in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #500 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Aadam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Aadam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	160	4 of 10	40
2000s	689	10 of 10	69
2010sbusiest	1,124	10 of 10	112
2020s	400	5 of 10	80

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 112 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births fell by 54, from 140 to 86.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Aadam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #322 in England and Wales in 2015.

Aadam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#500	78	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#550	69	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#509	77	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#457	90	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#456	86	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#327	140	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#328	140	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#421	104	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#326	145	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#322	143	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#374	109	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#373	109	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#434	91	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#467	80	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#543	63	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#432	87	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#461	77	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#470	72	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#472	66	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#374	84	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#413	67	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#381	69	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#334	77	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#444	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#418	53	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#430	49	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#578	30	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#588	28	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #322, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 145 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Justina · #322, 28y
Racheal · #322, 31y
Reiss · #322, 29y
Tommaso · #322, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Armaan · #322, 29y
Dorian · #322, 29y
Reiss · #322, 29y
Aarron · #323, 19y

Aadam was ranked #322 in England and Wales · Boys in 2015. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Aadam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Aadam without appearing here.

Aadam moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 1996 they stood at #588 and #573 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #578 and #914.
Colin Compare
In 2010 they stood at #543 and #491 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #467 and #732.
Ashleigh Compare
In 1997 they stood at #578 and #471 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #430 and #669.
Grant Compare
In 2001 they stood at #444 and #428 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #334 and #568.

Moved ahead of Aadam

Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #467 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #434 and #238.
Denis Compare
In 2016 they stood at #326 and #333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #421 and #270.
Roman Compare
In 2002 they stood at #334 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #381 and #241.
Ezra Compare
In 2009 they stood at #432 and #476 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #543 and #406.

Moved the opposite way to Aadam

Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Aadam went from #588 to #327 while Shannon went from #1168 to #4702.
Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Aadam went from #588 to #322 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Kristoffer Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Aadam went from #588 to #322 while Kristoffer went from #2357 to #3373.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Aadam went from #588 to #322 while Tayla went from #1458 to #4747.

Moved the same way as Aadam

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aadam went from #334 to #500 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #322 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Aadam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Aadam at a glance

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