Girls' name · since 1880

Adah

Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 4,123 babies named Adah, peaking in 2020. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#2,927 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,818 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
4,123
born since 1880
2010s
peak decade

4,123 babies have been named Adah since 1880, making it today's #1818 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Adah recorded 4,123 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #1818 nationally today, ahead of 89% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.

  • #2,927 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,818 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 4,123 born since 1880
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adah ranks #2,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,818 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,123 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.

#2,927 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,818 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
4,123
born since 1880
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%89.4%
Adah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Adah's 4,123 recorded births place it above 95.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

23 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Adah compares

4,123 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Adah's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Adah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 4,123 376 567,345
Peak-year births 121 21 19,840

Adah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Adah splits its recorded history at 1944: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1941 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 121 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Adah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
121
Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
050100150 188018961912192819441969199220102025 110

Adah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (828 births, 20% of the file).

2010s was Adah's strongest decade.

828 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.

Adah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 828 births (20% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Adah compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Adah's total volume

Adah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -21, 14.5%-100, 3.2%-146, 2.8%-32, 5.6%-92, 4.9%-114, 2.5%-146, 3.4%-58, 3.3%-51, 4%-56, 5.6%-116, 8.1%-143, 6.4%-25, 9.4%-145, 2.4%-64, 5.8%Adah-146, 2.9%Adah
Adah vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

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
138 3.3%
#2 California
124 3.0%
#3 North Carolina
82 2.0%
#4 Georgia
55 1.3%
#5 Pennsylvania
42 1.0%
#6 Tennessee
37 0.9%
#7 Missouri
35 0.8%
#8 Virginia
33 0.8%
Texas share of Adah's total US births 3.3%
Even split

138 of 4,123 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.

Adah appears in 23 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adah? ▼
4,123 babies have been named Adah since 1880. All-time, it sits at #2,927 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,818 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2020 with 121 births.
Where does Adah sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adah ranks #2,927 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,818 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Adah most popular? ▼
Adah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 828 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Adah most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Adah are Texas (138 births), California (124 births), North Carolina (82 births).
How long has the name Adah been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Adah since 1880 -- 146 years through the most recent 2025 data.
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.

What to do with Adah's data

  • Adah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (828 total births) through the 2020s (586) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Texas records the most Adahs (138 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Adah

Nearby Names Like Adah

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Adah

Ada Girl
#219 106,905 births
Adalynn Girl
#184 34,210 births
Adalyn Girl
#261 31,014 births
Adaline Girl
#208 18,766 births
Adalee Girl
#988 4,731 births

Compare Adah side by side: Adah vs Ada Adah vs Adalynn Adah vs Adalyn

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Adah

Ryder #1817
2,449 births · Peak 2021
Marianne #1819
65,520 births · Peak 1957
Amiya #1816
8,672 births · Peak 2009
Belinda #1820
72,960 births · Peak 1961
Amaria #1815
2,912 births · Peak 2004
Lotus #1821
2,766 births · Peak 2023
Dayanna #1814
3,916 births · Peak 2009
Luana #1822
4,893 births · Peak 1947

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Adah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.