Adanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-DAN-na
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,877 for girls
Adanna is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “father's daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 4,877th for girls in the US (27 babies).
What does Adanna mean?
Igbo
“father's daughter”
From Igbo ada, 'daughter', and nna, 'father'.
Is Adanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Adanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 27 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,324among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Adanna, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th.
2025 had the most girls named Adanna of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Adanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Adanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
How popular is Adanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,877among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 60,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 27 girls in the US were named Adanna, making it the 4,877th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Adanna in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #4,877 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 32 | #4,566 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,617 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Nicknames for Adanna
- Ada 1,129 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara Sienna Amira Ayla Kiara Ayra Arabella Amaya Safa Anaya Alayna Aurora
Names related to Adanna
More Igbo names
Munachimso Chimamanda Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adaeze Chidera Chidubem Ifechukwu Chisom Tobenna Chiziterem
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, “Adanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adanna, updated 20 October 2026.