There are 222 Adopted names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Adopted names 1 to 20. Alexander was the most popular among these names in 2008 with a rank of #6 and a usage of 0.8566%. The name is primarily used in Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, and Slavic, and it was followed in popularity by the English, Greek, and Russian Andrew, the English, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adrian, the English, Irish, and Scottish Aidan, the Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, Romanian, and Russian Adam, the Dutch, English, German, and Hebrew Abraham, the English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish Abel, the Arabic and English Ali, the English, German, and Hebrew Ariel, the English Armani, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English and Greek name, Adonis. The unusual Adopted names are Abner (English), Adlai (English and Hebrew), Alice (English), Alistair (English and Scottish), Alun (Welsh), Amerigo (Italian), Amos (English, German, and Hebrew), and Anatoli (Russian). Adopted names are all-time favorites. Currently they are still very popular baby names for boys, though they were in more widespread use previously. The names rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1980s. At the height of their usage in 1984, 32.103% of baby boys were given Adopted names. There were 123 Adopted names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Adopted names have since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2008, 112 Adopted names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 20.821%. Within all Adopted names, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #2 and a usage of 0.9437%.
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DESCRIPTION MATCH: Abel  360 | breath, vapor; son ... the Reformation, it was adopted by the Puritans, who ... |
Abner  | father of light, father ... name was adopted by the Puritans after the ... |
Abraham  187 | father of a multitude ... name Abraham was adopted by the 17th-century ... |
Adam  72 | man; to make ... speakers adopted the name Adam during the Middle ... |
| Adlai | Yahweh is just; my ornament ... name was adopted by English speakers in the 19th ... |
Adonis  854 | lord, ruler ... Ahmed Said (1930-) also adopted Adonis as a pen-name ... |
Adrian  56 | man from Hadria; dark ... latter, the name was adopted by Nicholas Breakspeare ... |
Aidan  59 | little fire ... of the name have been adopted by parents to imply ... |
Alexander  6 | defender of men ... name was even adopted in Hebrew after his benign ... |
Alfred  787 | inspired advice; old ... the conquest, it was adopted in different forms by ... |
Ali  398 | high, lofty, sublime; ... Clay (1942-), who adopted the name Muhammed Ali ... |
Alice  | of a noble kind ... Cooper (1948-), who adopted it from his shock rock ... |
| Alistair | was adopted by the Lowland Scots by the 17th century, ... |
| Alun | little rock; harmony, ... (1797-1840), who adopted Alun as a bardic name. ... |
Amerigo  | work; rich, powerful, ... name is sometimes adopted by Italian Americans in ... |
Amos  | borne by God; bearer ... name was adopted by the Puritans after the ... |
| Anatoli | sunrise, east ... name was adopted by early Christians for the ... |
Andrew  12 | male, manly, brave, ... as Saint Andrew and adopted as the patron saint of ... |
Ariel  570 | lion of God ... the name was adopted by the Puritans after ... |
Armani  583 | castle, palace ... was recently adopted by English speakers in the USA, ... |
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