Adnan
Masculine · “settler”
Adnan is the ancestor. Arab genealogy traces the northern tribes — including the Prophet's own — back to a figure named Adnan, descended from Ishmael.
How old is the name Adnan?
Adnan first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Adnan alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 2,900 people named Adnan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adnan most popular?
Adnan peaked in 2001, reaching #1441 nationally. Today it ranks #1539, 98 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adn to Adnan
The story of Adnan
Adnan is the traditional ancestor of the northern Arab tribes in genealogical accounts, placed many generations after Ishmael and before the Prophet Muhammad; the Adnanite and Qahtanite divisions structure the whole classical picture of Arab descent. The name is used across the Arabic-speaking world and appears in American records rising through the 2000s.
Meaningscholars disagree
settler, one who stays
Usually read from the Arabic root '-d-n, carrying the sense of settling or dwelling in a place — the same root as adn, which gives the Garden of Eden its Arabic name. The reading is widely given but the name is older than the etymology offered for it, and nothing is fully settled.
How the name formed
- adn
- Adnan
Related forms: عدنان · Adnan · Adnan
Pronouncing Adnan
ad-NAHN
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic begins it with an ayn, a throat sound English does not have.
Nicknames for Adnan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most boys named
- 2023118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1441reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- −4.3%112 in 2025, from 117
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Adnan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- عدنان in Arabic — transliteration
- Adnan in Turkish — same name
- Adnan in Bosnian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, New York, California.
Adnans among us
people named Adnan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 15,251 born in 2025 was named Adnan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Evaristo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adnan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Evaristo climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Evaristo's path sketches the road Adnan is walking now.
Adnan is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Adnan is headed
Adnan should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Adnan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adnan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A figure at the root of classical Arab genealogy carries it.
- It is standard across Arabic, Turkish and Bosnian without change.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- The offered etymology is later than the name and is not fully settled.
- The initial Arabic consonant has no English equivalent.
- It reads as specifically Arabic and Muslim.
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Masculine · #1539 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Adnans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,900 people named Adnan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adnan in 2025?
- Adnan ranks #1539 among US boy names in 2025, with 112 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adnan?
- About 1 in every 15,251 US boys born in 2025 was named Adnan — 112 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adnan with classmates?
- Adnan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Adnan
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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