Recorded 1994–2023 Girls' name Peak 2005 216 births

Adja — girls' name

216 babies named Adja in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s122000s1042010s582020s42
2000s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Adja was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

16 babies were named Adja in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Adja

The Social Security Administration has registered 216 babies named Adja between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Adja shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Adja in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 216 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Adja at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

216

Since 1994

30 years of records

Peak year

2005

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1994

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2023

Adja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1994

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2005)
16
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
5101520 20232020201420102007200320001994 6

Adja by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
104 births that decade — 48% of Adja's all-time total
1990s122000s1042010s582020s42

Adja by state

Where Adja concentrates geographically — total births since 1994

Geographically diffuse
Top 2 states by recorded births for the name Adja
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
11 5.1%
#2 Ohio
5 2.3%
New York share of Adja's total US births 5.1%
Even split

11 of 216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Adja?
216 babies have been named Adja since 1994. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2005 with 16 births.
When was Adja most popular?
Adja was most popular in the 2000s decade with 104 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Adja most popular?
The top states for the name Adja are New York (11 births), Ohio (5 births).
How long has the name Adja been used?
Adja has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 30 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Adja?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Adjoa, Adjua, Adji. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1994–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.