Adlai
Adlai reached its high-water mark in 1952 at number 1,182, and has been recorded 696 times in all. In 2025 it ranked 10,695th. About 590 Adlais are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 17.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Adlai boys named Adlai
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 696
- Estimated living today
- 590
- Median age today
- 17
- Peak year
- 1952
- Best rank
- 1,182nd
- Rank in 2025
- 10,695th
- First recorded
- 1891
- Girls / boys
- 88 / 608
How old the living Adlais are
born that year still alive today
Of the 696 babies given the name since 1891, about 590 are alive — 84 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 2008 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Where the name comes from
Origin Hebrew
From Hebrew עדלי.
Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Adlais
- Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965)American politician and diplomat (1900–1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953
- Adlai Stevenson I (1835–1914)American politician (1835–1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897
- Adlai Stevenson III (1930–2021)Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981
People named Adlai with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Adlai is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1952
The most popular boys’ names the year Adlai peaked:
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Adlai against another name
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.