Adah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-da
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,818 for girls
Adah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “adornment, ornament”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).
What does Adah mean?
Hebrew
“adornment, ornament”
In Genesis Adah is the name of a wife of Lamech and of a wife of Esau.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Adah a girl's or a boy's name?
Adah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 110 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Adah, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,350 girls in the UK were given Adah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #38, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Adah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Adah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,818among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 110about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Adah, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,687th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 121 girls.
2025 had more girls named Adah than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Adah in the US since 1880 were born between 1909 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,609 girls in the US were given Adah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #224, up from #1,818 for this spelling alone.
Adah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,818 |
| 2024 | 94 | #2,053 |
| 2023 | 77 | #2,352 |
| 2022 | 93 | #2,068 |
| 2021 | 91 | #2,085 |
| 2020 | 121 | #1,687 |
| 2019 | 106 | #1,888 |
| 2018 | 109 | #1,852 |
| 2017 | 87 | #2,184 |
| 2016 | 81 | #2,321 |
| 2015 | 90 | #2,123 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 59 | #2,900 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 77 | #2,427 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 65 | #2,773 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 37 | #3,815 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 18 | #2,078 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,753 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,320 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 22 | #1,783 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1925 | 32 | #1,443 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,566 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,174 |
| 1922 | 45 | #1,144 |
| 1921 | 48 | #1,092 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,171 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,133 |
| 1918 | 49 | #1,031 |
| 1917 | 57 | #916 |
| 1916 | 59 | #882 |
| 1915 | 65 | #811 |
| 1914 | 48 | #850 |
| 1913 | 30 | #981 |
| 1912 | 27 | #978 |
| 1911 | 26 | #838 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 |
| 1909 | 18 | #961 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 27 | #726 |
| 1906 | 32 | #633 |
| 1905 | 28 | #664 |
| 1904 | 24 | #710 |
| 1903 | 38 | #522 |
| 1902 | 25 | #667 |
| 1901 | 24 | #645 |
| 1900 | 37 | #567 |
| 1899 | 39 | #467 |
| 1898 | 35 | #527 |
| 1897 | 57 | #382 |
| 1896 | 46 | #424 |
| 1895 | 33 | #513 |
| 1894 | 41 | #437 |
| 1893 | 48 | #387 |
| 1892 | 40 | #419 |
| 1891 | 43 | #384 |
| 1890 | 49 | #361 |
| 1889 | 33 | #421 |
| 1888 | 38 | #394 |
| 1887 | 32 | #378 |
| 1886 | 41 | #332 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 33 | #341 |
| 1883 | 41 | #277 |
| 1882 | 27 | #341 |
| 1881 | 29 | #290 |
| 1880 | 24 | #326 |
Names like Adah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie Annie Eliza Olive Lottie Sadie Hallie Eva Delilah Winnie Mabel Phoebe
Other spellings of Adah
Names related to Adah
More Hebrew names
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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, “Adah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adah, updated 20 October 2026.