Girls' name · since 1902
Adena
Adena has 1,747 recorded births since 1902 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,263 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,747
- born since 1902
- 1970s
- peak decade
Adena currently ranks #13263 among girls' names in America, with 1,747 babies recorded since 1902.
Social Security Administration records show Adena recorded 1,747 times among girls since 1902, holding rank #13263 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2025.
- #5,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,263 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,747 born since 1902
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adena ranks #5,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,263 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,747 born since 1902, peaking in the 1970s.
- #5,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,263 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,747
- born since 1902
- 1970s
- peak decade
Adena's 1,747 recorded births place it above 92.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Adena compares
1,747 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Adena's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,747 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adena's SSA record in two at 1973 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1902, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 43, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2025
- Peak year (1975)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 124 years of records
Adena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (322 births, 18% of the file).
1970s was Adena's strongest decade.
322 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Adena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 52
1910s
52 births
- 1920s 63
1920s
63 births
- 1930s 39
1930s
39 births
- 1940s 75
1940s
75 births
- 1950s 107
1950s
107 births
- 1960s
1960s
182 births
- 1970s
1970s
322 births
- 1980s
1980s
308 births
- 1990s
1990s
223 births
- 2000s
2000s
202 births
- 2010s 113
2010s
113 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 322 births (18% of all-time use).
How Adena 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 Adena's total volume
Adena by state
Where Adena concentrates geographically, total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 118 | 6.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 54 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
118 of 1,747 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Adena's data
- Adena's decade-level peak was the 1970s (322 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Adenas (118 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 Adena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~123 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, 1902–2025 (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 Adena 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.