Adena
Girl · a-DEE-na · Hebrew
Adena is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “delicate, gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Adena mean?
Hebrew: variant of Adina
“delicate, gentle”
Also the name of the Adena culture, an early Native American people of the Ohio Valley.
- Say it
- a-DEE-na
More on Wiktionary.
Is Adena a girl's or a boy's name?
Adena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Adena, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
Half of all the girls named Adena in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 203 girls in the US were given Adena or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,048, up from #13,203 for this spelling alone.
Adena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 34 | #3,280 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 31 | #2,938 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 37 | #2,474 |
| 1982 | 39 | #2,451 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,724 |
| 1978 | 34 | #2,516 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,999 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,039 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 20 | #2,595 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
Nicknames for Adena
- Dena 3 girls in the UK in 2025
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