NameTides

Ada

Ada was the #219 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,401 babies), and #40 in England & Wales and #300 in Canada.

Ada as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • VIC
Ada as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Ada as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Victoria publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaVIC
2025#219 (1,401)#40 (1,014)#51 (76)#47 (39)#45 (104)#300 (104)—
2024#191 (1,575)#40 (1,049)#44 (87)#47 (37)#50 (104)#238 (121)—
2023#179 (1,652)#37 (1,089)#45 (88)#35 (52)#34 (128)#170 (154)#88 (59)
2022#181 (1,657)#36 (1,138)#52 (84)#37 (51)#48 (119)#220 (131)—
2021#180 (1,650)#44 (1,058)#70 (63)#55 (41)#45 (131)#211 (144)—
2020#185 (1,560)#38 (1,140)#47 (88)#78 (27)#37 (131)#160 (168)#94 (63)
2019#208 (1,467)#47 (1,028)#59 (77)#66 (34)#57 (100)#266 (122)—
2018#251 (1,302)#65 (811)#72 (59)#92 (27)#70 (92)#321 (103)—
2017#319 (1,020)#114 (470)#149 (33)#190 (10)#137 (41)#435 (75)—
2016#345 (968)#164 (341)#153 (32)#137 (16)#166 (33)#446 (76)—
2015#355 (922)#187 (293)#201 (22)#358 (4)#180 (31)#444 (75)—
2014#374 (871)#233 (217)#282 (15)—#242 (21)#424 (77)—
2013#435 (703)#280 (168)#302 (13)#440 (3)#286 (17)#466 (68)—
2012#484 (634)#384 (123)#370 (10)—#371 (13)#470 (65)—
2011#489 (606)#386 (121)#465 (7)—#437 (10)#534 (57)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #33.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 250common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 190very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 200common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ada is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ada by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #104WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #313WAIdaho: #351IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: #91NDMinnesota: #111MNIllinois: #276ILMichigan: #153MINew York: #198NYMassachusetts: #153MAOregon: #158ORNevada: #292NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #233SDIowa: #117IAIndiana: #192INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #312NJConnecticut: #248CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #339CAUtah: #184UTColorado: #128CONebraska: #157NEMissouri: #139MOKentucky: #146KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #216VAMaryland: #201MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #118KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #218TNNorth Carolina: #204NCSouth Carolina: #178SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #312OKLouisiana: #181LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #221ALGeorgia: #223GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #382TXFlorida: #358FL
Ada (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#22753
Quebec2025#5917

Ada (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdaCanadaGirls#300104
AdaEngland & WalesGirls#401,014
AdaEngland & WalesBoys—too few
AdaIrelandGirls#45104
AdáIrelandGirls—too few
AdaNorthern IrelandGirls#4739
AdaScotlandGirls#5176
AdaUSGirls#2191,401
AdaUSBoys—too few
AdaVICGirls—too few