Meaning not yet researched.
Ada: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,401 in 2025. Its best rank was #33 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #33 in 1880; #219 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ada in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#219 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #33.
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Ada: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,401 girls in 2025. Peak: #33 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 1,943 (1918).
In 2025, 1,401 US girls were named Ada, making it the 219th most common girls’ name of the year, down 28 places from #191 in 2024. That is 174 fewer than the 1,575 girls named Ada in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #33, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,943, in 1918. For comparison, it was #355 in 2015 and #369 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ada in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 652 babies with the name. In all, 107,183 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1910s, with 15,286 babies named Ada.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,252 US girls were named Ada; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 1,657. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,147 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ada ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #91 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 2 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Adelaide (35,007 babies since 1880), Adaline (18,766 babies since 1880), Aida (13,782 babies since 1880) and Adah (4,123 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Adaia, Auda and Aidah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Addy and Adie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian, Latvian, Polish and Turkish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Adaia (454), Auda (239), Aidah (185), Ghada (131), Aydah (95), Addai (52), Adai (31), Aada (19), Addae (17), Adae (15), Adau (11), Adahy (6), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Ada is listed as a nickname for Adaline, Adeline.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 9 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 10 | #91 | — |
| Maine | 10 | #96 | — |
| Wisconsin | 46 | #104 | #250 |
| Minnesota | 46 | #111 | #148 |
| Iowa | 27 | #117 | #411 |
| Kansas | 27 | #118 | #253 |
| Montana | 8 | #122 | — |
| Colorado | 42 | #128 | #295 |
| Missouri | 43 | #139 | #312 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #144 | #256 |
| Kentucky | 30 | #146 | #290 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #149 | #147 |
| Massachusetts | 37 | #153 | #235 |
| Michigan | 55 | #153 | #383 |
| Nebraska | 14 | #158 | #277 |
| Oregon | 22 | #159 | #198 |
| South Carolina | 26 | #178 | #340 |
| Louisiana | 23 | #181 | #444 |
| Utah | 25 | #184 | #236 |
| Indiana | 36 | #192 | #372 |
| Mississippi | 13 | #196 | #292 |
| Ohio | 56 | #198 | #326 |
| New York | 84 | #198 | #345 |
| Maryland | 25 | #201 | #269 |
| North Carolina | 53 | #204 | #268 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #208 | #394 |
| Virginia | 38 | #216 | #233 |
| Tennessee | 36 | #218 | #331 |
| Alabama | 21 | #221 | #279 |
| Georgia | 47 | #223 | #368 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #233 | #152 |
| Connecticut | 13 | #248 | — |
| Illinois | 38 | #276 | #420 |
| Nevada | 9 | #292 | #532 |
| New Jersey | 26 | #312 | #429 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #312 | #761 |
| Washington | 23 | #313 | #194 |
| California | 96 | #339 | #499 |
| Idaho | 6 | #351 | #214 |
| Florida | 51 | #358 | #769 |
| Texas | 89 | #382 | #492 |
| Arizona | 17 | #388 | #652 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,401 | #219 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,575 | #191 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,652 | #179 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,657 | #181 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,650 | #180 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,560 | #185 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,467 | #208 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,302 | #251 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,020 | #319 | — | — |
| 2016 | 968 | #345 | — | — |
| 2015 | 922 | #355 | — | — |
| 2014 | 871 | #374 | — | — |
| 2013 | 703 | #435 | — | — |
| 2012 | 634 | #484 | — | — |
| 2011 | 606 | #489 | — | — |
| 2010 | 544 | #538 | 7 | #9,705 |
| 2009 | 537 | #570 | — | — |
| 2008 | 529 | #585 | — | — |
| 2007 | 466 | #638 | — | — |
| 2006 | 404 | #704 | 6 | #10,679 |
| 2005 | 329 | #789 | — | — |
| 2004 | 306 | #820 | 6 | #9,964 |
| 2003 | 220 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 2002 | 214 | #1,014 | — | — |
| 2001 | 193 | #1,096 | — | — |
| 2000 | 197 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1999 | 184 | #1,086 | — | — |
| 1998 | 146 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1997 | 143 | #1,242 | — | — |
| 1996 | 140 | #1,246 | — | — |
| 1995 | 150 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1994 | 155 | #1,147 | — | — |
| 1993 | 138 | #1,250 | — | — |
| 1992 | 197 | #969 | — | — |
| 1991 | 170 | #1,065 | — | — |
| 1990 | 177 | #1,024 | — | — |
| 1989 | 165 | #1,037 | — | — |
| 1988 | 154 | #1,044 | — | — |
| 1987 | 157 | #997 | — | — |
| 1986 | 146 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 1985 | 165 | #945 | 5 | #6,531 |
| 1984 | 156 | #940 | 6 | #5,569 |
| 1983 | 146 | #993 | — | — |
| 1982 | 170 | #893 | — | — |
| 1981 | 181 | #858 | — | — |
| 1980 | 166 | #909 | — | — |
| 1979 | 179 | #864 | — | — |
| 1978 | 197 | #778 | — | — |
| 1977 | 187 | #802 | — | — |
| 1976 | 168 | #826 | — | — |
| 1975 | 186 | #761 | 5 | #5,470 |
| 1974 | 164 | #818 | — | — |
| 1973 | 201 | #718 | — | — |
| 1972 | 206 | #702 | — | — |
| 1971 | 198 | #747 | — | — |
| 1970 | 238 | #668 | — | — |
| 1969 | 223 | #664 | — | — |
| 1968 | 254 | #604 | — | — |
| 1967 | 245 | #606 | — | — |
| 1966 | 244 | #607 | — | — |
| 1965 | 268 | #583 | — | — |
| 1964 | 318 | #554 | — | — |
| 1963 | 305 | #561 | — | — |
| 1962 | 322 | #546 | — | — |
| 1961 | 344 | #527 | — | — |
| 1960 | 351 | #514 | — | — |
| 1959 | 364 | #513 | — | — |
| 1958 | 371 | #499 | — | — |
| 1957 | 393 | #477 | — | — |
| 1956 | 397 | #465 | — | — |
| 1955 | 433 | #423 | — | — |
| 1954 | 444 | #409 | — | — |
| 1953 | 437 | #411 | — | — |
| 1952 | 482 | #375 | — | — |
| 1951 | 514 | #352 | — | — |
| 1950 | 471 | #369 | — | — |
| 1949 | 497 | #351 | — | — |
| 1948 | 533 | #338 | — | — |
| 1947 | 524 | #348 | — | — |
| 1946 | 547 | #317 | — | — |
| 1945 | 527 | #301 | — | — |
| 1944 | 547 | #290 | — | — |
| 1943 | 658 | #271 | — | — |
| 1942 | 709 | #258 | — | — |
| 1941 | 677 | #249 | 6 | #3,134 |
| 1940 | 665 | #246 | — | — |
| 1939 | 703 | #233 | — | — |
| 1938 | 745 | #224 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 796 | #208 | — | — |
| 1936 | 750 | #217 | — | — |
| 1935 | 798 | #214 | 7 | #2,954 |
| 1934 | 833 | #213 | — | — |
| 1933 | 870 | #199 | 6 | #3,268 |
| 1932 | 984 | #186 | — | — |
| 1931 | 973 | #186 | 6 | #3,390 |
| 1930 | 1,040 | #185 | — | — |
| 1929 | 1,129 | #178 | 8 | #2,983 |
| 1928 | 1,213 | #171 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 1,347 | #165 | 12 | #2,409 |
| 1926 | 1,462 | #161 | 6 | #3,709 |
| 1925 | 1,500 | #161 | 7 | #3,412 |
| 1924 | 1,583 | #159 | 7 | #3,506 |
| 1923 | 1,638 | #153 | 8 | #3,176 |
| 1922 | 1,684 | #148 | 6 | #3,876 |
| 1921 | 1,756 | #145 | 7 | #3,520 |
| 1920 | 1,823 | #136 | 6 | #3,816 |
| 1919 | 1,818 | #129 | 12 | #2,386 |
| 1918 | 1,943 | #123 | 7 | #3,370 |
| 1917 | 1,853 | #119 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,860 | #117 | 7 | #3,177 |
| 1915 | 1,817 | #114 | 9 | #2,621 |
| 1914 | 1,494 | #106 | 5 | #3,265 |
| 1913 | 1,282 | #104 | 6 | #2,497 |
| 1912 | 1,268 | #96 | 6 | #2,271 |
| 1911 | 939 | #97 | — | — |
| 1910 | 960 | #94 | — | — |
| 1909 | 945 | #88 | — | — |
| 1908 | 922 | #87 | — | — |
| 1907 | 906 | #83 | — | — |
| 1906 | 819 | #87 | — | — |
| 1905 | 873 | #80 | — | — |
| 1904 | 878 | #79 | — | — |
| 1903 | 843 | #78 | — | — |
| 1902 | 921 | #74 | 8 | #862 |
| 1901 | 913 | #66 | — | — |
| 1900 | 1,101 | #72 | — | — |
| 1899 | 984 | #61 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,022 | #66 | 5 | #1,121 |
| 1897 | 956 | #66 | 10 | #681 |
| 1896 | 1,041 | #63 | — | — |
| 1895 | 1,124 | #58 | 9 | #739 |
| 1894 | 1,018 | #62 | 6 | #954 |
| 1893 | 1,051 | #55 | — | — |
| 1892 | 1,134 | #50 | 6 | #956 |
| 1891 | 975 | #51 | 7 | #767 |
| 1890 | 1,074 | #51 | — | — |
| 1889 | 1,005 | #51 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 1,116 | #46 | 5 | #1,032 |
| 1887 | 910 | #45 | 5 | #923 |
| 1886 | 915 | #46 | 6 | #845 |
| 1885 | 876 | #43 | 5 | #936 |
| 1884 | 854 | #44 | — | — |
| 1883 | 778 | #44 | — | — |
| 1882 | 689 | #44 | — | — |
| 1881 | 628 | #41 | — | — |
| 1880 | 652 | #33 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).