Adonai
Adonai was the 1942nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1685th with 99 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 204 places. More babies were named Adonai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,942 boys, up 127 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 79boys
- Girls and boys
- 14% girls, 86% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202499 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,466babies recorded
Adonai popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,896 | #1,942 | 13 | 79 |
| 2020 | #10,262 | #2,069 | 9 | 68 |
| 2010 | #10,467 | #2,634 | 10 | 46 |
| 2000 | — | #4,788 | — | 15 |
| 1990 | — | #8,137 | — | 5 |
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How popular is Adonai, counting every spelling?
Adonai is the most common spelling of a name family that had 99 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 99 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adonai | 79 | #1,942 | 366 |
| Adonay | 20 | #4,858 | 116 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Adonai?
79 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adonai (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Adonai born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 106 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adonai.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Adonai?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Adonai are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 16. That makes Adonai a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Adonai by state
How common Adonai was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.0×). In 43 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Adonai: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Adonai, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Adonai
How popular is the name Adonai?
Adonai was the 1942nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1685th with 99 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 204 places. More babies were named Adonai in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Adonai a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 14% girls, 86% boys given the name Adonai in the US.
Where is Adonai most popular?
In 2021–2025, Adonai was most common in Texas (0.08 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Georgia.