NameTides

Adah

Adah was the #1,818 girls' name in the US in 2025 (110 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Adah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Adah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Adah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,818 (110)#2,605 (10)#780 (3)#397 (3)#718 (4)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,053 (94)#3,016 (8)——#898 (3)#2,975 (6)
2023#2,352 (77)#2,346 (11)—#391 (3)—#2,366 (8)
2022#2,068 (93)#1,849 (15)——#747 (4)#2,553 (7)
2021#2,085 (91)#1,962 (14)——#764 (4)#2,377 (8)
2020#1,687 (121)#1,449 (21)——#444 (8)#2,007 (10)
2019#1,888 (106)#2,286 (11)——#551 (6)#2,610 (7)
2018#1,852 (109)#2,499 (10)——#734 (4)#2,587 (7)
2017#2,184 (87)#2,706 (9)—#355 (4)—#3,307 (5)
2016#2,321 (81)#3,214 (7)#798 (3)——#1,690 (13)
2015#2,123 (90)#4,103 (5)———#3,286 (5)
2014#2,351 (78)#3,514 (6)————
2013#2,279 (81)#3,160 (7)——#747 (4)#3,286 (5)
2012#2,901 (59)#4,838 (4)———#2,338 (8)
2011#2,868 (60)#5,785 (3)——#798 (4)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #277.
  • 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 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Adah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 15,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,767CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Adah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdahCanadaGirls#2,2829
AdahEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
AdahIrelandGirls#7184
AdahNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AdahScotlandGirls#7803
AdahUSGirls#1,818110