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Baby name
Adam
Boy
Origin of the name
Adam comes from the ancient Hebrew adam, linked to adama, “earth.” Before it was the name of the first man in the Bible, the Hebrew word meant “human being.”
Short-lived name
580,378births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 18rank at its peak, in 1984
Where babies named Adam are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Adam is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Adam is most common in New Hampshire (1.8 times), Vermont (1.5) and Alaska (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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