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Adnan

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~2,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,539 among boys
Births in 2025
112 2,996 since 1880
Typical age
16 years, median

Adnan popularity over time

Adnan rank by birth year, 1970–2025Adnan ranked #4,230 in 1970 and #1,539 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,441, in 2001.#1,539197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1970–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2023: 118 births recorded as Adnan. The name does not appear in the data until 1970. The 2025 position is #1,539, on 112 births.

Over ten years the count has risen 30%. Year on year the rank dropped by 22.

Babies named Adnan per yearPeaks at 118 births in 2023.118 in 20230197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Adnan?

About 2,900 people named Adnan are alive in the United States today. That is out of 2,996 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Adnan?

The typical living Adnan is 16 years old. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Adnan a current name.

Your Adnan

Ages of living people named AdnanHalf of living Adnans are older than 16 and half younger.median 1602040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Adnan is most common

The name is concentrated in Minnesota, at 9.0× the national rate. New York, Washington and Virginia follow.

Where Adnan is used more than average5 states use the name Adnan more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.1× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 9.0× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 1.5× the national rateMINew York: 2.2× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: 1.6× the national rateVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Adnan is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 121 9.0×
New York 105 2.2×
Washington 37 2.1×
Virginia 34 1.6×
Michigan 35 1.5×

Adnan in England and Wales

ONS recorded 66 births named Adnan in 2025, ranking it #585. That is 2.2× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Adnan comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Arabic.

Notable people named Adnan

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Adnan Menderes Turkish statesperson 1899–1961 63
Adnan Oktar Turkish cult leader 1956 46
Adnan Januzaj Belgian association football player 1995 46
Adnan Khashoggi Saudi Arabian businessman 1935–2017 30
Adnan traditional ancestor of the Adnanite Arabs — 29
Adnan Al Talyani Emirati association football player 1964 25
Adnan Terzić Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2007 1960 21
Adnan Badran Jordanian academic and former prime minister 1935 20
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Adnan

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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