Adaeze
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-da-EH-zeh
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Adaeze is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “the king's first daughter; princess”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Adaeze mean?
Igbo: from ada, 'first daughter', and eze, 'king'
“the king's first daughter; princess”
A traditional Igbo name, often understood simply as 'princess'.
Is Adaeze a girl's or a boy's name?
Adaeze is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adaeze in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Adaeze, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Adaeze of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Adaeze in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Adaeze in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Adaeze in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Adaeze, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Adaeze in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adaeze in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 18 | #7,088 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,526 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
Nicknames for Adaeze
- Ada 1,129 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adaeze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayomide, Tiwatope, Oluwatamilore, Munachimso, Kamsiyochukwu, Amarachukwu, Adesuwa, Amarachi, Iremide, Zinachimdi, Kosisochukwu, Tiaraoluwa
More Igbo names
Amara, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Chizaram, Tobechukwu, Obi, Mazi, Adanna, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna, Chiziterem, Naetochukwu, Lotanna
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adaeze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adaeze, updated 20 October 2026.