Adham is a distinctive choice, ranked #3256 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Adham in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#3256
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About the Name Adham
Adham is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 2173 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1130 in 1999 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Adham is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Adham in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Adham
Adham Makhadmeh — Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh is a Jordanian football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2013.
Adham Baba — Adham bin Baba is a Malaysian doctor and a politician who served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 2021 to 2022.
Adham Fawzy — Adham Fawzy is an Egyptian chess player.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Adham
Unlikely. With around 6 UK babies named Adham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Adham in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Adham is rising: up 592 places since 2020, to #3,256 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #1,130 in 1999.
Adham is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Adham include: Adham Makhadmeh, Adham Baba and Adham Fawzy. Short summaries for each appear below.
Adham does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Adhams in the wild.
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UK babies named Adham (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 592 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Adham
Almost certainly the only Adham in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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✨ Similar names to Adham
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ismail Ahmed Adham (Arabic: إسماعيل أحمد أدهم IPA: [esmæˈʕiːl ˈæħmæd ˈʔædhæm] Ismā'īl Aḥmed Adham; 17 February 1911 – 23 July 1940) better known as Ismail Adham was an Egyptian writer, and atheist.
Adham Khanjar (Arabic: أدهم خنجر) was a Lebanese Shia Muslim revolutionary and Syrian nationalist who participated in guerilla warfare against the forces of the French occupation of Lebanon and Syria, and the attempt to assassinate General Gouraud, the French High Commissioner.
Adham Wanly (Arabic: إبراهيم أدهم إسماعيل محمد وانلي) was an Egyptian painter who learnt in the atelier of the Italian Otorino Becchi 1932, then set up his own atelier with his brother Seif Wanly, and participated in many local and international exhibitions, especially Venice, São Paulo (Brasil), Alexandria Biennale.