Adja
Girl · AH-jah · Arabic
Adja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pilgrim”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Adja mean?
Arabic: West African form of Hajja, from hajj 'pilgrimage'
“pilgrim”
Used in Senegal and Guinea, originally as a title for a woman who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Say it
- AH-jah
Is Adja a girl's or a boy's name?
Adja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 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, 11 girls in the US were named Adja, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Adja in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Adja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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