Adonis is a distinctive choice, ranked #361 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Adonis in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#361
US Rank #206
About the Name Adonis
Adonis is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #361. The name has climbed 601 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1998.
Adonis is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #206, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Adonis
Unlikely. With around 120 UK babies named Adonis per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Adonis in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Adonis is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 601 places over the last five years to #361 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Adonis is more popular in the US (#206) than in the UK (#361). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Adonis include: Adonis Stevenson — Stevenson Adonis, best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018.; Robert Adonis — Robert Adonis is a British Guianese cricketer.; Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, is a British Labour Party politician and journalist who served in the UK Government for five years in the Blair ministry and the....
Adonis appears in the US top 500 at #206 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
120
UK babies named Adonis (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 601 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Adonis
Likely around 1 other Adonis in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Stevenson Adonis, best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018. He won the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal light heavyweight titles in 2013 by defeating Chad Dawson by first-round knockout, which earned him awards for Fighter of the Year and Knockout of the Year by The Ring.
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis, is a British Labour Party politician and journalist who served in the UK Government for five years in the Blair ministry and the Brown ministry. He served as Secretary of State for Transport from 2009 to 2010, and as Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission from 2015 to 2017.
In Greek mythology, Adonis (Ancient Greek: Ἄδωνις, romanized: Adōnis; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤃𐤍, romanized: ʾAdón, ['a.dɔː.nis]) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone. He was considered to be the ideal of male beauty in classical antiquity.
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Adonis García Arrieta is a Cuban former professional baseball third baseman. He played in the Cuban National Series from 2004 through 2011, and then defected from Cuba.