Adah
Adah was given to 110 girls in 2025, #1,818 among girls’ names; 4,123 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,130 Americans named Adah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (52% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 6 and 19.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adah is “a female given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the senses “Adah” (adá,) and “ornament, dawn” (literally).
From Hebrew עָדָה (adá, “Adah”, literally “ornament, dawn”).
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adah?
#1,818 among girls’ names, 2025
Adah rose from #2,123 in 2015 to #1,818 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 50.4 to 68.4 per million.
121 babies in 2020, the peak
Adah peaked in 2020, when 121 girls were given it, #1,687 among girls’ names. The 110 births of 2025 are 91% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,818 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2,068 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,687 | 0.07 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 | 0.06 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 | 0.06 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,184 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (128)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 90 | #2,123 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 | 0.03 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,684 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,254 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,816 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,305 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,128 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,173 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,160 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,802 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,139 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,744 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,515 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,779 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,319 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,971 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,195 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,365 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,108 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,317 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,152 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,129 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,210 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,651 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,888 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,295 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,425 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,329 | under 0.01 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,973 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,289 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,593 | under 0.01 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 | under 0.01 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,208 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,040 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,974 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,994 | under 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,387 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,379 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,087 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,320 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,443 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,174 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,144 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 48 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,171 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,031 | 0.04 |
| 1917 | 57 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 59 | #882 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 65 | #811 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 48 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 27 | #978 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 26 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 27 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 32 | #633 | 0.11 |
| 1905 | 28 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 24 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 38 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1902 | 25 | #667 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 24 | #645 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 37 | #567 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 39 | #467 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 35 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 57 | #382 | 0.24 |
| 1896 | 46 | #424 | 0.19 |
| 1895 | 33 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 41 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1893 | 48 | #387 | 0.23 |
| 1892 | 40 | #419 | 0.19 |
| 1891 | 43 | #384 | 0.23 |
| 1890 | 49 | #361 | 0.26 |
| 1889 | 33 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1888 | 38 | #394 | 0.21 |
| 1887 | 32 | #378 | 0.22 |
| 1886 | 41 | #332 | 0.28 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 | 0.24 |
| 1884 | 33 | #341 | 0.26 |
| 1883 | 41 | #277 | 0.37 |
| 1882 | 27 | #341 | 0.25 |
| 1881 | 29 | #290 | 0.32 |
| 1880 | 24 | #326 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Adah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adah has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 128 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Adah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adah, and how old are they?
2,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 52% of the 4,123 Americans ever recorded as Adah. The median Adah alive today is 12 years old; half are between 6 and 19.
The 2020 Census counted 1,691 people named Adah (1,662 women and girls, 29 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,659 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 61 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 63 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 73 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 71 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 651 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,210 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Adah born?
The states with the most babies named Adah are Texas, North Carolina and Georgia, with 42% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7 | #2,637 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,139 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,213 | 0.5× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,689 | 0.2× |
| California | 6 | #2,768 | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 6 | #731 | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,129 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,407 | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Adah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 134,023 babies since 1880, Adah is the third most given (3.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 110 of their 1,891 babies (5.8%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Adah and names like it
- Compare Adah and AdaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sAdah peaked in 2020.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adah since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Adah: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2020The year the most babies were named Adah.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Adah alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.