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Adah

Girl

Meaning of Adah: Hebrew: 'adornment'

Adah is a girl's name most strongly associated with Hebrew naming. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 1768th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 3015th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#1768

110 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#3015

8 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

4,123

First recorded 1880 · peak 2020

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 7 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 7 babies1985: 7 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 10 babies1989: 5 babies1990: 7 babies19901991: 12 babies1992: 5 babies1993: 6 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 7 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 11 babies1998: 7 babies1999: 10 babies2000: 10 babies20002001: 22 babies2002: 18 babies2003: 30 babies2004: 37 babies2005: 47 babies2006: 63 babies2007: 68 babies2008: 65 babies2009: 73 babies2010: 77 babies20102011: 60 babies2012: 59 babies2013: 81 babies2014: 78 babies2015: 90 babies2016: 81 babies2017: 87 babies2018: 109 babies2019: 106 babies2020: 121 babies20202021: 91 babies2022: 93 babies2023: 77 babies2024: 94 babies2025: 110 babies
US babies named Adah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 121.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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