Is Adams a boy or girl name?

Adams is a boy’s name. Of the 1,230 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Adams

Recorded 1898–2025 · United States

Adams was most popular in 1983, when 42 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,585 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,230 people named Adams.

Adams over time

Births per year. The dot marks Adams’s peak in 1983. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Adams a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Adams is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,230 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Adams

Where Adams is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Florida 15.5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org