Adonai
14% girls · 86% boys
About Adonai
Adonai is a title meaning "my lords" used in the Torah and in Jewish prayer to refer to God, whose name is forbidden to be spoken. Even the title Adonai is considered by some Orthodox Jews to be too holy to say outside of prayer, being replaced by HaShem, meaning "The Name". This makes Adonai a highly culturally loaded choice, which is never used as a name in the Jewish community. Nevertheless, several dozen boys and a handful of girls receive this name each year in the US.
Adonai is also given to girls, where it ranks #7896 in the US.
Pronounced ah-do-NAH-ee.
As of October 2026, Adonai ranked #1942 for boys and #7896 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1695 for boys in 2024 and #6711 for girls in 2022.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,662 | 45 | 23.4 |
| 2015 | #2,146 | 64 | 33.4 |
| 2016 | #2,229 | 60 | 31.6 |
| 2017 | #2,387 | 54 | 29.2 |
| 2018 | #1,959 | 75 | 41.3 |
| 2019 | #2,365 | 57 | 31.8 |
| 2020 | #2,068 | 68 | 39.4 |
| 2021 | #2,586 | 50 | 28.6 |
| 2022 | #2,093 | 71 | 40.7 |
| 2023 | #2,144 | 67 | 39.2 |
| 2024 | #1,695 | 98 | 56.9 |
| 2025 | #1,942 | 79 | 46.3 |
World rankings
Adonai for boys
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