Adam
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name; diminutive form Adde. From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Adam (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Adam has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 614 |
| 1999 | 712 |
| 2000 | 797 |
| 2001 | 695 |
| 2002 | 662 |
| 2003 | 670 |
| 2004 | 626 |
| 2005 | 579 |
| 2006 | 567 |
| 2007 | 526 |
| 2008 | 463 |
| 2009 | 502 |
| 2010 | 470 |
| 2011 | 478 |
| 2012 | 452 |
| 2013 | 464 |
| 2014 | 458 |
| 2015 | 537 |
| 2016 | 574 |
| 2017 | 610 |
| 2018 | 635 |
| 2019 | 612 |
| 2020 | 592 |
| 2021 | 638 |
| 2022 | 552 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 10,068 |
| 2000 | – | 10,865 |
| 2001 | – | 11,599 |
| 2002 | – | 12,295 |
| 2003 | – | 13,009 |
| 2004 | – | 13,692 |
| 2005 | – | 14,330 |
| 2006 | – | 14,990 |
| 2007 | – | 15,626 |
| 2008 | – | 16,243 |
| 2009 | – | 16,851 |
| 2010 | – | 17,400 |
| 2011 | 11 | 17,888 |
| 2012 | 11 | 18,449 |
| 2013 | 12 | 19,003 |
| 2014 | 15 | 19,610 |
| 2015 | 19 | 20,348 |
| 2016 | 18 | 21,140 |
| 2017 | 20 | 21,970 |
| 2018 | 20 | 22,799 |
| 2019 | 23 | 23,660 |
| 2020 | 27 | 24,406 |
Adam in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Adam.Hi! My name is Adam.
- Adam har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Adam has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Adams mamma är lärare.Adam's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Adams mamma is Adam's mum.
More names
Questions about Adam
How do you pronounce Adam in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Adam from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Adam mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name; diminutive form Adde. From Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”).
How popular is Adam in Sweden?
552 babies were named Adam in 2022. In 2020, 24,433 people in Sweden had Adam as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2000 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.