Is Adonai a boy or girl name?

Adonai is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,466 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 16.6% were girls and 83.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2003, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Adonai

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Adonai was most popular in 2024, when 107 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,416 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,745, with 92 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,466 people named Adonai.

Adonai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Adonai’s peak in 2024. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Adonai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Adonai is mostly a boy’s name — 16.6% of the 1,466 Americans given it were girls and 83.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2003 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 12% girls and 88% 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 Adonai

Where Adonai is most concentrated

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

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