Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2020

Adah

Meaning Adah Gender Girl Rank 2025 #1,818 Trend ↓ Falling 14%

From Hebrew עָדָה (adá, “Adah”, literally “ornament, dawn”).

Rank 2025
#1,818
among girls · ↑235 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
110
named Adah · +17% vs 2024
How common
1 in 14,612
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2020
121 babies
All-time total
4,123
#2,927 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Adah popularity over time

4,123 babies have been named Adah since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1883Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s 330 33 – #277
1890s 431 43 +31% #361
1900s 271 27 -37% #522
1910s 423 42 +56% #811
1920s 340 34 -20% #1,092
1930s 156 16 -54% #1,320
1940s 79 8 -49% #2,079
1950s 61 6 -23% #2,909
1960s 29 3 -52% #5,290
1970s 47 5 +62% #5,818
1980s 44 4 -6% #7,113
1990s 65 7 +48% #6,978
2000s 433 43 +566% #2,548
2010s 828 83 +91% #1,852
2020s (to 2025) 586 98 +18% #1,687

Where Adah is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 109 0.07 outside top 500
2027 107 0.07 outside top 500
2028 106 0.07 outside top 500
2029 106 0.07 outside top 500
2030 105 0.07 outside top 500

Where Adah is most popular

Girls named Adah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.057 per 1,000. Strongest in North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Adah born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
North Carolina 32 0.141 +145%
Georgia 25 0.110 +92%
Tennessee 15 0.095 +65%
South Carolina 7 0.078 +36%
Virginia 12 0.070 +23%
Minnesota 6 0.056 ≈ national
Illinois 11 0.048 -16%
Texas 32 0.040 -31%
California 33 0.039 -32%
Florida 13 0.030 -47%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Indiana – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maryland – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Jersey – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
New York – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Pennsylvania – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Adah

Adah is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,818 in 2025 with 110 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 4,123 American babies have been named Adah. Its peak came in 2020, when 121 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Adah stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Adah?

The median living Adah is about 11 years old; half are between 5 and 19. An estimated 2,200 people named Adah are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Adah year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 110 #1,818
2024 94 #2,053
2023 77 #2,352
2022 93 #2,068
2021 91 #2,085
2020 121 #1,687
2019 106 #1,888
2018 109 #1,852
2017 87 #2,184
2016 81 #2,321
2015 90 #2,123
2014 78 #2,351
2013 81 #2,279
2012 59 #2,901
2011 60 #2,868
2010 77 #2,427
2009 73 #2,548
2008 65 #2,773
2007 68 #2,684
2006 63 #2,778
2005 47 #3,258
2004 37 #3,820
2003 30 #4,309
2002 18 #6,133
2001 22 #5,178
2000 10 #9,168
1995 7 #10,520
1990 7 #10,201
1985 7 #8,320
1980 8 #7,418
1975 – –
1970 8 #5,818
1965 7 #5,290
1960 – –
1955 6 #5,209
1950 13 #2,909
1945 8 #3,389
1940 10 #2,737
1935 20 #1,720
1930 33 #1,320
1925 32 #1,443
1920 42 #1,171
1915 65 #811
1910 20 #970
1905 28 #664
1900 37 #567
1895 33 #513
1890 49 #361
1885 32 #354
1880 24 #326

Famous people named Adah

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Adah Sharma Adah Sharma Indian actress (born 1992) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Adah, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Adah?

The median living Adah is about 11 years old. Half of all living Adahs are between 5 and 19 years old.

How many people named Adah are alive today?

An estimated 2,200 people named Adah are alive in the United States, based on 4,123 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Adah mean?

From Hebrew עָדָה (adá, “Adah”, literally “ornament, dawn”).

How popular is the name Adah in 2025?

Adah ranked #1,818 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 110 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Adah?

4,123 babies have been named Adah in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Adah most popular?

Adah peaked in 2020, when 121 newborns received the name.

Is Adah a boy or girl name?

Adah is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Adah rising or falling?

Adah is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Adah become more popular?

Adah looks stable. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 105 girls named Adah in 2030, ranking outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Adah?

Well-known people named Adah include Adah Sharma (actor).

Names like Adah

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