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Adah

/ˈædɑ/ · 100% girls · 110 born in 2025

Adah has been given to about 4,123 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2020, which makes it a current name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation/ˈædɑ/
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 2,243
Median age today12 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Adah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2020 · 121
  • Born in 2025110
  • All time4,123
  • England & Wales, 202510

How popular is Adah?

Its best year was 2020, when 121 babies were given the name, ranking 1687th. The typical living American called Adah is about 12 years old today. It is relatively most common in Minnesota, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.

Names that sound like Adah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Avah0.81
  2. Ayah0.81
  3. Sarah0.70
  4. Ada0.71
  5. Hannah0.68
  6. Farah0.70
  7. Tarah0.70
  8. Farrah0.68

Middle names for Adah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Adah Eve0.80
  2. Adah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Adah Josephine0.78
  4. Adah Rose0.77
  5. Adah Louise0.77
  6. Adah June0.76

Sibling names for Adah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Evelinasister · 0.90
  2. Emmiesister · 0.89
  3. Enochbrother · 0.88
  4. Minasister · 0.88
  5. Magnusbrother · 0.87
  6. Bodebrother · 0.87

Where Adah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Minnesota0.01%
  2. Georgia0.01%
  3. Tennessee0.01%
  4. North Carolina0.01%
  5. Illinois0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Adah White0.72
  2. Adah Reyes0.72
  3. Adah Nguyen0.72
  4. Adah Moore0.72
  5. Adah Lee0.72
  6. Adah Green0.72

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Adah

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Adah across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.