Adonis

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Adonis is ranked 206th among boys in 2024 (1,713 births). Its best rank was 174th, in 2023.

Rank in 2024: #206down 32 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,7130.10% of boys
Peak year: 20232,101 births
Best rank: #174in 2023
Since 1918: 20,117people given the name

Babies named Adonis, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

20,117 boys have been named Adonis in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 2,101 births — 0.12% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2019, and the 2020s alone account for 44%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Adonis
1910s	5
1920s	13
1930s	15
1940s	5
1950s	106
1960s	119
1970s	403
1980s	526
1990s	1,673
2000s	2,346
2010s	6,077
2020s	8,829

In 2023, its biggest year

Adonis was the 174th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Adonis

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.