Adaş — Adını kaç kişi taşıyor?

How many people in Türkiye share your name?

Adaş (Namesake) answers this question, and all subsequent ones, using publicly available population data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK): where is your name from, in which years was it popular, is it increasing or decreasing, and how many people with your name are still alive?

⚠ Adaş is not an official application. It is an application developed by an independent developer (Selware); it is not affiliated with, approved by, or supported by TÜİK or any other government institution, and does not represent any government institution.

• HOW MANY PEOPLE — The number of people in Türkiye who share your name and "one in every number" you are. Is it rare or common, at a glance?

• DOUBLE NAMES ARE COUNTED SEPARATELY — In the population registry, "Ömer" and "Ömer Faruk" are two separate names, and the second does not appear in the first's count. The application does not hide this: it shows all double names in which your name appears and the total in a separate section (2,778 names with the name Ömer, 393,000 more people).

• WHICH YEAR'S NAME — Popularity ranking by year of birth. When was the name first given, what year was its peak, and where is it today?

• WHERE IS THE NAME FROM — Map of 81 provinces: how many people in each province bear this name. Switch to a population-based view with a single touch; large provinces are highlighted in the raw numbers, and the proportional representation shows where the name truly originates.

• FIND A NAME — If you don't know the name, use the criteria: initial letter, length, how common, rising trend. When searching for a baby name, you can search for "short, starting with K, rare but still popular girl's name".

• COMPARE — Put four names side-by-side on the same graph. Here's the answer to the question "which one is more popular?" when choosing a baby name.

• BIRTHDAY TWINS — How many people born on your birthday are still alive today?

• EXPLORE — Rising names, declining names, fading names, the most common names and surnames in the province. The lists don't end with the top thirty: anyone can view the entire list (32,900 most commonly used male names and 25,432 most commonly used female names in the living population).

• SAVE — Add your favorite names to your shortlist and compare them later.

NOTES ON ACCURACY
This application doesn't present the data as it is:
— In Türkiye, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) doesn't publish annual figures for the number of people with a given name; it only provides a ranking based on popularity. We don't say, and can't say, "In 1997, this name was given to this many children."
— The pool of names ranked in Türkiye changes over the years (69 names in 1850, 584 in 1980). An application that looked at the raw ranking would say that almost every name is "on the rise"; trend judgments are given by correcting for this shift. — There is an inflation in the number of birth dates: those whose birth dates are unknown are registered in the population registry on round dates such as the 1st, 10th, and 15th of the month. The application marks these dates and does not include them in the ranking.
— A name may never have appeared in the annual popularity ranking: it has been given so little attention. The application still shows the number for such names, but it doesn't provide a graph, peak year, or trend interpretation — it doesn't draw conclusions from missing data.

WORKS OFFLINE
All data is within the application. No internet is required, no account creation is needed, and searches remain on your device. The only exception is your decision: if the name you are looking for is not in the list, a "Ask TÜİK" button appears, and only by pressing it will that name be queried from TÜİK.

DATA SOURCE
The numbers are compiled from publicly available data published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). For official and current figures:
• TÜİK: https://www.tuik.gov.tr
• TÜİK Population Statistics Portal: https://nip.tuik.gov.tr
• TÜİK Children (name query): https://tuikcocuk.tuik.gov.tr
These links are also available on the "Data and source" screen in the application.

The term "namesake" is not an official practice and does not represent the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) or any other government institution.