How popular is the baby name Adagio in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Use the popularity graph and data table below to find out! Plus, see all the blog posts that mention the name Adagio.

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Popularity of the baby name Adagio


Posts that mention the name Adagio

The top boy-name debuts of 2014

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The movie-inspired Llewyn was the top debut name for baby boys in 2014.

Of all the boy names appearing for the very first time on a Social Security Administration baby name list in 2014, the following were the most popular:

1. Llewyn, 38 baby boys
2. Keylor, 34
3. Feynman, 15
4. Sanav, 15
5. Jadaveon, 14
6. Rudransh, 14
7. Cavani, 13
8. Haigen, 13
9. Amirali, 12
10. Kharson, 12
11. Teller, 12
12. Alisher,11
13. Kavir, 11
14. Raynav, 11
15. Zacardi, 11

And a handful from the 10-and-under group: Crusoe, Adagio, Briggston/Brigston, Jetzael, Tyking, Voss, Coast, Cobalt, Flash, Liamgabriel, Roux, Acamas, Clutch, Kingcharles, Menachemmendel, Stallone, Winchester, Wrett, Bangaly, Billion, Cohutta, Knoxville, Legendary, Renegade, Rocker.

Where do the names above come from? Here are some explanations:

  • Llewyn – from the Coen brothers’ film “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013).
  • Keylor – from Costa Rican footballer (goalkeeper) Keylor Navas, who made some notable saves during the 2014 World Cup.
  • Jadaveon – from American football player Jadeveon Clowney, who was a first round draft pick in 2014.
  • Cavani – from Uruguayan footballer (striker) Edinson Cavani, who also appeared in the 2014 World Cup.
  • Zacardi – from Zacardi Cortez, American gospel musician, whose second album came out in 2014.

Can you come up with explanations for any of the others?

Here are the boy name debuts for 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

U.S. Baby Names 2014: Most popular names, Top girl-name debuts, Top boy-name debuts, Biggest girl-name changes, Biggest boy-name changes, Top first letters, Top lengths

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from LotusBud0048a (public domain) by Frank “Fg2” Gualtieri

Musical baby names: Harper, Piper, Harmony, Melody

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Looking for baby names with musical associations?

Here are a few ideas (plus links to each name’s popularity graph):

  • Adagio, a musical term meaning “at ease” in Italian
  • Aria, a solo sung (with orchestral accompaniment) in an opera
  • Bell, a percussive instrument
  • Brio, a musical term meaning “vivacity” in Italian
  • Cadence, the final chords in a musical phrase
  • Calypso, a type of Caribbean music
  • Calliope, a keyboard instrument
    • The mother of bandleader Harry James played a circus calliope.
  • Carol, a type of festive song
  • Celesta, a keyboard instrument
  • Chanson, a lyric-driven French song
  • Chord, a harmonic set of three or more notes
  • Clarion, a medieval brass instrument
  • Coda, the concluding section of a piece of music
  • Dolce, a musical term meaning “sweet” in Italian
  • Dorian, a type of musical scale
  • Harmony, the sound of two or more notes being played simultaneously
  • Harper, a surname that originally referred to someone who played the harp
  • Jazz, a genre of music
  • Key, the scale around which a piece of music is built
  • Lydian, a type of musical scale
  • Lyric (often used in the plural), the words of a song
  • Mandolin, a stringed instrument
  • Medley, a single piece of music created from existing songs
  • Melody, the sequence of notes in a musical phrase
  • Music, an art form in which patterns of sounds are created as a means of emotional expression
  • Octave, the interval between one pitch and another with double/half its frequency
  • Piper, a surname that originally referred to someone who played a pipe
  • Reed, the vibrating piece of a woodwind instrument
  • Rhythm, the variation of strong and weak elements of sounds over time
  • Sonata, a piece of music played by instruments
    • Composer Bear McCreary welcomed a baby girl named Sonatine in 2014.
  • Song, a piece of music performed by a single voice
  • Staccato, a musical term meaning “disconnected” in Italian
  • Symphony, music written for an orchestra
  • Tango, a type of music (and dance)
  • Timbre (pronounced TAM-ber), the perceived sound of a musical note
  • Verse, a portion of a song
  • Viola, a stringed instrument

Other musical terms I’ve seen used as baby names include Allegro (“cheerful”), Largo (“broad”), Lento (“slow”), Condoleezza (based on con dolcezza, “with sweetness”), and Blues (the middle name of Justin Bieber’s son, born in 2024).

Sources: Wiktionary, Wikipedia, Encyclopedia Britannica

Image: Adapted from Clarinet Concerto No.1, Op.26 (public domain)

[Latest update: Jul. 2025]