US rank #2050 Girls' name Peak 2020 4,010 births

Adah — #2050 US girls' name

4,010 babies named Adah in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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#2050
of 17,661 girls in use

More common than 88% of names given to girls today.

2010s
Peak decade

21% of everyone ever named Adah was born in this single decade.

2020
Single peak year

121 babies were named Adah in 2020 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Adah

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,010 babies named Adah between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adah currently holds the #2050 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 121 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 827 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Adah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 131 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Adah in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,010 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Adah at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

4,010

Since 1880

145 years of records

Peak year

2020

121 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

#2,050

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1880

Recorded for 145 years

Last year on file: 2024

Adah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
121
Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
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Adah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
827 births that decade — 21% of Adah's all-time total
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Adah by state

Where Adah concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Adah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
131 3.3%
#2 California
118 2.9%
#3 North Carolina
75 1.9%
#4 Georgia
48 1.2%
#5 Pennsylvania
42 1.0%
#6 Missouri
35 0.9%
#7 Virginia
33 0.8%
#8 Tennessee
32 0.8%
Texas share of Adah's total US births 3.3%
Even split

131 of 4,010 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.

Adah appears in 22 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adah?
4,010 babies have been named Adah since 1880. It currently ranks #2050 among girls. The peak year was 2020 with 121 births.
When was Adah most popular?
Adah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 827 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Adah most popular?
The top states for the name Adah are Texas (131 births), California (118 births), North Carolina (75 births).
How long has the name Adah been used?
Adah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 145 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Adah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ada, Adalynn, Adalyn, Adaline, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.