Meaning and history
Adlai is a Hebrew biblical name meaning “God is just” or “Yahweh is just,” though the precise analysis of its final element is sometimes treated cautiously. In the Hebrew Bible, Adlai is the father of Shaphat, an official responsible for King David’s herds. The name became especially familiar in the United States through politician Adlai Stevenson I and his grandson Adlai Stevenson II, the Illinois governor, diplomat, and twice Democratic presidential nominee.
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 5 births, rank #17,504
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 7 births, rank #13,347
2012: 6 births, rank #14,962
2013: no US SSA record for this spelling
2014: 9 births, rank #10,955
2015: no US SSA record for this spelling
20162016: 6 births, rank #14,331
2017: 6 births, rank #14,124
2018: 5 births, rank #15,682
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: 6 births, rank #13,453
20212021: 8 births, rank #11,146
2022: no US SSA record for this spelling
2023: no US SSA record for this spelling
2024: no US SSA record for this spelling
20252025: 7 births, rank #11,932
Adlai moved from #480 to #706 for boys between 1892 and 1893. Its highest annual birth count came in 1892, with 17 births.