Adan

What Adan means

Spanish, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”

Spanish Achilles Borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Adán” (revision 93543246), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Adan?

US: Falling: down from #396 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1511 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2005, when 1,158 boys got the name (#287 that year). First in the US records in 1904.

How common

• About 1 in 2,733 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), NV (1.24 per 1,000 boys), CA (1.0 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Adan is #482 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.0% of US babies named Adan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aiden5,046 US · 298 E&W
• Ayden1,343 US · 119 E&W
• Aidan1,043 US · 171 E&W
• Eden551 US · 180 E&W
• Odin604 US · 84 E&W
• Aden224 US · 25 E&W
• Aydin147 US · 83 E&W
• Eidan187 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Adan

Boys

• Landon#127“long + hill”^*
• Ashton#197“ash (tree species) + enclosure, settlement”^*
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Brody#236Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 6,299 babies; 1,492 in 2025
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Brayden#229Variant of Braden, meaning “descendant of Bradán”^*

For a sister

• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Lilly#252Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Lillian#57possibly “lily”^*
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Valeria#162“to be healthy, to be strong”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Adan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.