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Adonijah

#6,451 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

My lord is Yahweh

Adonijah has been given to 509 babies in the U.S. since 1982. In 2025 it ranked #6,451 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Adonijah, 2025

1 in 255,000

Adonijah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adonijah over time

In 2025, Adonijah went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19822025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adonijah: meaning, origin, and history

My lord is Yahweh

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adonijah means

Adonijah means “my lord is Yahweh”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 483 boys were recorded with the name Adonijah between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2014; its best national rank was #3,299 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,235 in 2020 to #6,451 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,407 in 2015 to #6,451 in 2025.

In the United States, 26 girls were recorded with the name Adonijah between 1998 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1998; its best national rank was #12,447 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Adonijah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 131,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,451
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Adonijah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adonijah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adonijahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adonijah was born before 2011 — so the typical Adonijah is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
42.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
483
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2010s — 42.9% of all recorded uses (207).

Is Adonijah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−549
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,216
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,044
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.59×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.4%
Peak was 2014 (33)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,299
2014

Where Adonijah is used

Across 1910–2025, Adonijah was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,938,066 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adonijah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Adonijah around the world

Where Adonijah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2002–2017
    #3,996
    in 2017
  • Canada
    2016–2016
    #2,748
    in 2016

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Adonijah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,451
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,216
Best rank ever
#3,299
2014
Peak year
2014
33 that year
First recorded
1982
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
483
Count in 2025
13

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,447
1998
Peak year
1998
6 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2009
All-time count
26
Count in 2025
Under 5

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