MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Adam mean?
Adam is the first man in biblical and Qur'anic accounts of creation. The Hebrew name is connected with the word for a human being and with adamah, the ground. Arabic preserves the name as Adam in Qur'anic narratives.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आदम
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Adam in Indian usage
3,601 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 462 records (12.8%).
- Recorded as male: 3,139 records (87.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 448 |
| 1960s | 666 |
| 1970s | 782 |
| 1980s | 897 |
| 1990s | 517 |
| Other decades | 291 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,371 |
| Kerala | 502 |
| Maharashtra | 246 |
| Goa | 120 |
| Other states | 362 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Adam / M | 1,431 | 26 |
| Scotland | Adam / M | 114 | 32 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Adam ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Wiktionary: Adam ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Adam; Table_6, C31 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Adam; Table_6, C31
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Adam; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Adam; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Wiktionary: آدم ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Adam ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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