Girls' name · since 1880
Adda
987 babies named Adda in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1888. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 987
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Adda currently ranks #6841 among girls' names in America, with 987 babies recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adda has been recorded 987 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #6841 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1880s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #7,588 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,841 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 987 born since 1880
- 1880s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adda ranks #7,588 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,841 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 987 born since 1880, peaking in the 1880s.
- #7,588 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 987
- born since 1880
- 1880s
- peak decade
Adda's 987 recorded births place it above 89.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Adda compares
987 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Adda's all-time total is 163% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adda | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 987 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adda splits its recorded history at 1919: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1904 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1888 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1888)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Adda by decade
1880s is the heaviest window (207 births, 21% of the file).
1880s was Adda's strongest decade.
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Adda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
207 births
- 1890s
1890s
160 births
- 1900s
1900s
92 births
- 1910s
1910s
160 births
- 1920s
1920s
167 births
- 1930s 69
1930s
69 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1880s at 207 births (21% of all-time use).
How Adda 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 Adda's total volume
Adda by state
Where Adda concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 53 | 5.4% |
53 of 987 births nationwide.
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What to do with Adda's data
- Adda's decade-level peak was the 1880s (207 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Addas (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1888)
Similar record span (~145 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, 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 Adda 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.