Adonis Boy
How popular is Adonis?
#241 boy name in 2025
1,462 baby boys were named Adonis in the US in 2025, making it the 241st most popular boy name.
Adonis popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #241 for boys (▼ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,462 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+306% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #698 in 2015, #223 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (2,102 boys) |
| Highest rank | #175 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Adonis counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Adonis family of names ranked #245 for boys in 2025 (#218 the year before), with 1,525 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Adonis | 1,462 | 96% |
| Adonnis | 32 | 2% |
| Adonys | 16 | 1% |
| Addonis | 5 | 0% |
| Adonus | 5 | 0% |
| Ahdonis | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Adonis is most popular
Babies named Adonis per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Delaware: 2.8 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- District of Columbia: 2.6 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- Nevada: 2.4 per 1,000 (137 boys)
- New Mexico: 2.2 per 1,000 (74 boys)
- Hawaii: 1.7 per 1,000 (27 boys)
Adonis by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1920s | 13 | #3,207 |
| 1930s | 15 | #3,516 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,524 |
| 1950s | 106 | #1,592 |
| 1960s | 119 | #1,728 |
| 1970s | 403 | #1,028 |
| 1980s | 526 | #1,150 |
| 1990s | 1,673 | #577 |
| 2000s | 2,346 | #755 |
| 2010s | 6,081 | #242 |
| 2020s | 10,301 | #175 |
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Questions
- Is Adonis a boy or girl name?
- Adonis is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Adonis were boys.
- How popular is the name Adonis?
- 1,462 baby boys were named Adonis in the US in 2025, making it the 241st most popular boy name.
- When was Adonis most popular?
- Adonis peaked in 2023, when 2,102 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #175 in 2023.
- How many people are named Adonis?
- 21,694 babies have been named Adonis in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,394 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Adonis most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Adonis was most common in Delaware, at 2.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.