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In the United States 0 5 10 15 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2005 per 100,000 babies of that sex 12,867 babies given this name since 1881 At its height in 2005, about 1 in 7,600 girls 185 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Adam Boy Hebrew adam, 'man, humankind', which Genesis connects with adamah 'earth, ground'. Biblical · peak 1984 Audrey Girl A medieval English short form of Old English Æthelthryth, from æthel 'noble' and thryth 'strength'. Middle Ages · peak 1928 Adrian Boy From Latin Hadrianus 'from Hadria', a town in northern Italy that gave its name to the Adriatic Sea. Rome · peak 2008 Aiden Boy An anglicized form of Irish Aodhán, a diminutive of Aodh 'fire'. The spelling Aiden is a modern American form. Early Medieval · peak 2011 Addison Girl From an English surname 'son of Addy', Addy being a medieval pet form of Adam. Modern · peak 2007 Autumn Girl From the English word for the season, from Latin autumnus. Modern · peak 1998 Ada Girl Uncertain. Usually taken as a short form of Germanic names in adal 'noble', but it has also been linked with Hebrew… Middle Ages · peak 1888 Adriana Girl Feminine of Hadrianus, 'from Hadria'. Renaissance · peak 2006 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.