Meaning and history
From Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾadon), meaning “lord, master,” this name refers in Greek myth to a handsome young shepherd killed while hunting a wild boar, with the anemone said to have sprung from his blood. Loved by Aphrodite, he was allowed by Zeus to return to life for part of each year. The Greeks adopted the figure from Semitic traditions ultimately derived from Sumerian Dumuzi.
20062006: 251 births, rank #812
2007: 289 births, rank #759
2008: 251 births, rank #851
2009: 292 births, rank #779
2010: 269 births, rank #804
20112011: 335 births, rank #694
2012: 374 births, rank #640
2013: 343 births, rank #696
2014: 336 births, rank #717
2015: 360 births, rank #698
20162016: 804 births, rank #395
2017: 813 births, rank #394
2018: 902 births, rank #366
2019: 1,545 births, rank #242
2020: 1,677 births, rank #223
20212021: 1,726 births, rank #222
2022: 1,613 births, rank #224
2023: 2,102 births, rank #175
2024: 1,721 births, rank #206
20252025: 1,462 births, rank #241
Adonis moved from #206 to #241 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2023, with 2,102 births.