Adam
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Adam is a Hebrew name meaning “man” and tied to the word for earth, often rendered “of the red earth.” In the Bible, Adam was the first man, formed from dust and placed in Eden with Eve as his partner. Adam rose in the 1960s and hit the top twenty in the early 1980s; famous bearers include Adam West, Adam Sandler, and Adam Ant. Adam Mitchell is a Doctor Who companion whose trip in the TARDIS ends after he betrays the Doctor to grab future technology for himself.
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Usage of Adam in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Adam against each list of names.
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Albanian
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Chinese
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Cornish
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Croatian
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Czech
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Dutch
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English
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Filipino
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Finnish
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French
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Georgian
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German
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Hawaiian
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Hebrew
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Hungarian
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Indonesian
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Irish
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Italian
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Japanese
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Persian
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Romanian
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Russian
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Adam is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Adam in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 3,501 boys were named Adam, making it the #101 boys' name in the US. Since 1880, 580,378 boys have been named Adam, with the most (23,939) in 1984. It is most common, relative to births, in Michigan, New York and Delaware.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Adam in other languages
- Adem Arabic, Dutch, Turkish
- Адам Bulgarian, Ukrainian
- Adamo Italian
- Adams English
- Adamus Latin
- Adaś Polish
- Adán Spanish
- Hadam Polish
- Ádám Hungarian
- Ādams Latvian
Adam name days
- December 24 Czech Republic
- December 24 Norway
- December 23 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Adam
There are 254 towns and villages with Adam in their name, in 35 countries.
🇵🇰 Pakistan 124🇦🇫 Afghanistan 19🇳🇬 Nigeria 12🇾🇪 Yemen 10🇷🇺 Russia 9🇧🇩 Bangladesh 7🇳🇪 Niger 7🇮🇳 India 6
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Tando Adam | Sindh, 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 174,291 | Map |
| Adam | Ad Dakhiliyah, 🇴🇲 Oman | 17,283 | Map |
| Villiers-Adam | Île-de-France, 🇫🇷 France | 828 | Map |
| Adam | Galați County, 🇷🇴 Romania | 798 | Map |
| Adám | Central Macedonia, 🇬🇷 Greece | 481 | Map |
| Adam | Las Tunas Province, 🇨🇺 Cuba | – | Map |
| Adam | Central, 🇬🇭 Ghana | – | Map |
| Adam | Sud, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Adam | Maharashtra, 🇮🇳 India | – | Map |
| Adam | Zinder Region, 🇳🇪 Niger | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Adam
There are 25 lakes and reservoirs with Adam in their name, in 4 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 16🇺🇸 United States 7🇦🇺 Australia 1🇳🇪 Niger 1
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| Adam Lake | Ontario, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | Manitoba, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | Saskatchewan, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | British Columbia, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | Northwest Territories, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adam Lake | Mississippi, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Adam Lake | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Adam Pond | Vermont, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Adam songs
41 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Adam in their title. The best known:
- Adam's Song – Blink-182 (2000)
- Adam's Lament – Arvo Pärt (2009)
- Ben Adam – Yardena Arazi (1988)
- Kanashiki Amefuri / Adam to Eve no Dilemma – Cute (2013)
- Adam lay ybounden
- Adam's Passion – Arvo Pärt
- Adam Bell
- Adam Raised a Cain – Bruce Springsteen (1978)
- Adam in Chains – Billy Idol (1993)
- Brown Adam
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Adam
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Adam.
Adam Arkin
Adam Baldwin
Adam Banaś
Adam Beach
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Fictional characters named Adam
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Adam as a pet name
FurryName has found 48 dogs named Adam in public pet registers, making it the #2,985 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Richmond (1), Laval (1), Zurich (1). Adam as a dog name →
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