Adessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-DESS-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Adessa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Adessa come from?
Modern: probably Ada or Adele with the -essa ending
Is Adessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Adessa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adessa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Adessa, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had more girls named Adessa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Adessa in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adessa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Adessa
- Addie 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alora, Amora, Amara, Amoura, Amira, Avianna, Alara, Solana, Ximena, Ayla, Aria, Amina
Names related to Adessa
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Adessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adessa, updated 20 October 2026.