Adlai
54% girls · 46% boys
About Adlai
Adlai is an Old Testament name long associated with 1950's liberal presidential candidate Stevenson, who was named after his grandfather, who was Grover Cleveland's vice president in the nineteenth century. Now it's an unusual Biblical choice ripe for rediscovery.
In the Bible, Adlai was a minor character, the father of one of King David's herdsmen. Adlai is a contracted form of the Hebrew name Adaliah.
Adlai is also given to girls, where it ranks #11956 in the US.
Pronounced AD-lay.
As of October 2026, Adlai ranked #10719 for boys and #11956 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #480 for boys in 1892 and #10984 for girls in 2014.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,570 | 22 | 12.6 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Adlai on lists
Famous Adlais
- AdlaiBoy
Biblical father of Shaphat; grandfather of the prophet Elisha
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson IBoy
23rd Vice President of the United States
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson IIBoy
American ambassador and governor of Illinois
- Adlai Ewing Stevenson IIIBoy
U.S. Senator from Illinois
- Adlai WertmanBoy
American economist and academic
Adlai in pop culture
- Dr. Adlai AtkinsBoy
minor character on 'Futurama'