Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Admiral isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Admiral through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 263
- 263 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1898
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1898. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 160 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Admiral’s family of names
In English usage, Admiral shares an earlier linguistic root with AMIRUL. In English usage, Admiral shares an earlier linguistic root with Amir.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Admiral
- Admiral SchofieldAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
- Admiral MuskweZimbabwean association football playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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