Adham is a distinctive choice, ranked #1675 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Adham in their class.
💎
UK Rank 2024
#1675
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Adham
Unlikely. With around 15 UK babies named Adham per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Adham in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Adham is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 2173 places over the last five years to #1675 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 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..
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.
15
UK babies named Adham (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 2173 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Adham
Likely around 1 other Adham in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Adham
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Adham bin Baba is a Malaysian doctor and a politician who served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 2021 to 2022. Previously, he served as Minister of Health from 2020 to 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tenggara from 2004 to 2008 and again from 2018 to 2022, having previously been Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Parit Raja from 2008 to 2018.
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. He is known primarily for his work (Why Am I An Atheist?), in which he declared his atheism in 1937.
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. Khanjar hailed from the feudal Sa'b family of Jabal Amel in present-day Southern Lebanon.
Adham Sharara is a Canadian sports official. Born in Cairo, he is the current Chairman and Honorary President of the International Table Tennis Federation, having succeeded Xu Yinsheng in 1999.
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.