Adah
Girl name · #1818 in 2025 · Very rare
Adah ranks #1818 among American girls' names as of 2025, with 110 newborns given the name that year. A decade ago it stood at #2123, so the name has been rising over the past ten years. Roughly one in every 16,364 girls born in 2025 was named Adah.
The 145-year story
Adah first appears in the Social Security records in 1880, when 24 girls received the name. Its peak came in 2020, when 121 girls were named Adah — good for #1687 that year. Today's parents encounter it on its way down the popularity curve, which for many parents is exactly the appeal. Following the curve matters more than today's snapshot: a name's position on its rise-peak-decline arc is the best predictor of how common it will feel in a kindergarten class five years from now.
Babies named Adah per year. Source: SSA.
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Uniqueness: will there be another Adah in class?
On our rarity read — which blends how common Adah is today with its five-year momentum — the name reads as "very rare". A high score means genuine rarity — your Adah will likely be the only one in the room, with the occasional spelling-out as the price.
Where Adah is most common
State-level data for Adah is too sparse in 2025 to rank by rate — in most states its count falls below the SSA's per-state reporting threshold (counts under 5 are withheld).
Names like Adah
Statistically, parents drawn to Adah tend to be choosing among names with similar popularity arcs, era profiles, and sounds — the closest matches in our model are Aryah, Judah, Avah, Asiyah, and Anylah.
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Rank history (last 25 years)
| Year | Babies named Adah | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1818 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2053 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2352 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2068 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2085 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1687 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1888 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1852 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2184 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2321 |
| 2015 | 90 | #2123 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2351 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2279 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2901 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2868 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2427 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2548 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2773 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2684 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2778 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3257 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3819 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4307 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6129 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5174 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Adah a popular girl name?
Adah ranked #1818 among girls in 2025 with 110 babies given the name — outside the top 500, making it an uncommon pick. Ten years earlier it ranked #2123.
When was the name Adah most popular?
Adah peaked in 2020, when 121 American girls received the name (ranked #1687 that year). Since 2020 the name has declined from that high.
How rare is the name Adah?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 16,364 newborn American girls was named Adah. On our rarity scale (rarity blended with momentum) we classify it as "very rare".
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration name statistics, 1880–2025, national and state files. Counts reflect Social Security card applications; names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a state-year are suppressed by the SSA.