Unisex name · since 1996
Adaiah
Adaiah has 486 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,140 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 486
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adaiah is the #4140 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 486 recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adaiah has been recorded 486 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #4140 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #12,054 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,140 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 486 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adaiah ranks #12,054 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,140 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 486 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,054 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,140 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 486
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adaiah's 486 recorded births place it above 83.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Adaiah compares
486 Top 46% higher than 54% 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
Adaiah's all-time total is 29% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 486 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adaiah splits its recorded history at 2011: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adaiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Adaiah popularity over time - boys
94 total births recorded since 2007 (Adaiah as boys' name)
Adaiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (187 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Adaiah's strongest decade.
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Adaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
187 births
- 2020s
2020s
187 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 187 births (38% of all-time use).
Adaiah by state
Where Adaiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 3.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 16 | 3.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 14 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 1.0% |
18 of 486 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Adaiah's data
- Adaiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (187 total births) through the 2020s (187) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Adaiahs (18 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~29 yrs)
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, 1996–2025 (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 Adaiah 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.