Adonis is a distinctive choice, ranked #448 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Adonis in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#448
US Rank #241
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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 โ a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1998.
Adonis is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Adonis in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #206, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
โญ Famous People Named Adonis
Adonis Stevenson โ Stevenson Adonis, best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian-Canadian former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2018.
Robert Adonis โ Robert Adonis is a British Guianese cricketer.
Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis โ 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.
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 Adonis
Unlikely. With around 86 UK babies named Adonis per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Adonis in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Adonis is rising: up 514 places since 2020, to #448 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #361 in 2024.
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, Robert Adonis and Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis. Short summaries for each appear below.
Adonis appears in the US top 500 at #206 in 2024 โ moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
86
UK babies named Adonis (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 514 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
Almost certainly the only Adonis in the class
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UK Popularity (1998–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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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.
In Greek mythology, Adonis (Ancient Greek: แผฮดฯฮฝฮนฯ, romanized: Adลnis; Phoenician: ๐ค๐ค๐ค, romanized: สพAdรณn, ['a.dษห.nis]) was the mortal lover of the goddesses Aphrodite and Persephone.