Ada
#219 for girls in 2025, 1,401 births · Last seen for boys in 2010 at #9,693
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 652 births
- Debut · girls
- 652 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 33 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 106,905since 1880
Ada over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #219 | 1,401 | — | |
| 2024 | #191 | 1,575 | — | |
| 2023 | #179 | 1,652 | — | |
| 2022 | #181 | 1,657 | — | |
| 2021 | #180 | 1,650 | — | |
| 2020 | #185 | 1,560 | — | |
| 2019 | #208 | 1,467 | — | |
| 2018 | #251 | 1,302 | — | |
| 2017 | #319 | 1,020 | — | |
| 2016 | #345 | 968 | — | |
| 2015 | #355 | 922 | — | |
| 2014 | #374 | 871 | — | |
| 2013 | #435 | 703 | — | |
| 2012 | #484 | 634 | — | |
| 2011 | #489 | 606 | — | |
| 2010 | #538 | 544 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #570 | 537 | — | |
| 2008 | #585 | 529 | — | |
| 2007 | #638 | 466 | — | |
| 2006 | #703 | 404 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #789 | 329 | — | |
| 2004 | #820 | 306 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #1,038 | 220 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,014 | 214 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,096 | 193 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,053 | 197 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,086 | 184 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,242 | 146 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,242 | 143 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,246 | 140 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,156 | 150 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,147 | 155 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,250 | 138 | — | |
| 1992 | #969 | 197 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,065 | 170 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,024 | 177 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,037 | 165 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,044 | 154 | — | |
| 1987 | #997 | 157 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,032 | 146 | — | |
| 1985 | #945 | 165 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #940 | 156 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #993 | 146 | — | |
| 1982 | #893 | 170 | — | |
| 1981 | #858 | 181 | — | |
| 1980 | #909 | 166 | — | |
| 1979 | #864 | 179 | — | |
| 1978 | #778 | 197 | — | |
| 1977 | #802 | 187 | — | |
| 1976 | #826 | 168 | — | |
| 1975 | #761 | 186 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #818 | 164 | — | |
| 1973 | #718 | 201 | — | |
| 1972 | #702 | 206 | — | |
| 1971 | #747 | 198 | — | |
| 1970 | #668 | 238 | — | |
| 1969 | #664 | 223 | — | |
| 1968 | #604 | 254 | — | |
| 1967 | #606 | 245 | — | |
| 1966 | #607 | 244 | — | |
| 1965 | #583 | 268 | — | |
| 1964 | #554 | 318 | — | |
| 1963 | #561 | 305 | — | |
| 1962 | #546 | 322 | — | |
| 1961 | #527 | 344 | — | |
| 1960 | #514 | 351 | — | |
| 1959 | #513 | 364 | — | |
| 1958 | #499 | 371 | — | |
| 1957 | #477 | 393 | — | |
| 1956 | #465 | 397 | — | |
| 1955 | #423 | 433 | — | |
| 1954 | #409 | 444 | — | |
| 1953 | #411 | 437 | — | |
| 1952 | #375 | 482 | — | |
| 1951 | #352 | 514 | — | |
| 1950 | #369 | 471 | — | |
| 1949 | #351 | 497 | — | |
| 1948 | #338 | 533 | — | |
| 1947 | #348 | 524 | — | |
| 1946 | #317 | 547 | — | |
| 1945 | #301 | 527 | — | |
| 1944 | #290 | 547 | — | |
| 1943 | #271 | 658 | — | |
| 1942 | #258 | 709 | — | |
| 1941 | #249 | 677 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #246 | 665 | — | |
| 1939 | #233 | 703 | — | |
| 1938 | #224 | 745 | #2,326 | 10 |
| 1937 | #208 | 796 | — | |
| 1936 | #217 | 750 | — | |
| 1935 | #214 | 798 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #213 | 833 | — | |
| 1933 | #199 | 870 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #186 | 984 | — | |
| 1931 | #186 | 973 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #185 | 1,040 | — | |
| 1929 | #178 | 1,129 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #171 | 1,213 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #165 | 1,347 | #2,408 | 12 |
| 1926 | #161 | 1,462 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #161 | 1,500 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #159 | 1,583 | #3,505 | 7 |
| 1923 | #153 | 1,638 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #148 | 1,684 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #145 | 1,756 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #136 | 1,823 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #129 | 1,818 | #2,385 | 12 |
| 1918 | #123 | 1,943 | #3,368 | 7 |
| 1917 | #119 | 1,853 | — | |
| 1916 | #117 | 1,860 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #114 | 1,817 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #106 | 1,494 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #104 | 1,282 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #96 | 1,268 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | #97 | 939 | — | |
| 1910 | #94 | 960 | — | |
| 1909 | #88 | 945 | — | |
| 1908 | #87 | 922 | — | |
| 1907 | #83 | 906 | — | |
| 1906 | #87 | 819 | — | |
| 1905 | #80 | 873 | — | |
| 1904 | #79 | 878 | — | |
| 1903 | #78 | 843 | — | |
| 1902 | #74 | 921 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #66 | 913 | — | |
| 1900 | #72 | 1,101 | — | |
| 1899 | #61 | 984 | — | |
| 1898 | #66 | 1,022 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #66 | 956 | #681 | 10 |
| 1896 | #63 | 1,041 | — | |
| 1895 | #58 | 1,124 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #62 | 1,018 | #954 | 6 |
| 1893 | #55 | 1,051 | — | |
| 1892 | #50 | 1,134 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #51 | 975 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #51 | 1,074 | — | |
| 1889 | #51 | 1,005 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #46 | 1,116 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #45 | 910 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #46 | 915 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #43 | 876 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #44 | 854 | — | |
| 1883 | #44 | 778 | — | |
| 1882 | #44 | 689 | — | |
| 1881 | #41 | 628 | — | |
| 1880 | #33 | 652 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ada was already there! It came in at #33, and was given to 652 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1971–2001, when fewer than 210 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ada
- 28 spots since 2024 (#191 → #219)
- 34 spots since 2020 (#185 → #219)
- 136 spots since 2015 (#355 → #219)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 2004 (#1,038 → #820)
- Biggest drop: 281 spots in 1993 (#969 → #1,250)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #33 (652 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 82 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1880–1912
- Top 1,000: 130 yrs · run 1880–1985
- Highest: 1 in 140 girls born in 1880 were named Ada (0.72%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,147 girls born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 14.3% of all girls named Ada (15,234) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #33 (1880) → #1,250 (1993) → #179 (2023)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8,423 | #33 (1880) | #44 |
| 1890s | 10,379 | #50 (1892) | #58 |
| 1900s | 9,121 | #66 (1901) | #79 |
| 1910s | 15,234 | #94 (1910) | #110 |
| 1920s | 15,135 | #136 (1920) | #158 |
| 1930s | 8,492 | #185 (1930) | #207 |
| 1940s | 5,884 | #246 (1940) | #297 |
| 1950s | 4,306 | #352 (1951) | #429 |
| 1960s | 2,874 | #514 (1960) | #577 |
| 1970s | 1,924 | #668 (1970) | #768 |
| 1980s | 1,606 | #858 (1981) | #965 |
| 1990s | 1,600 | #969 (1992) | #1,143 |
| 2000s | 3,395 | #570 (2009) | #831 |
| 2010s | 9,037 | #208 (2019) | #380 |
| 2020s | 9,495 | #179 (2023) | #189 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ada in 1922
Top girls' names in 1922
Top boys' names in 1922
More about 1922
girls
1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 713 of them was named Ada, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 181,359 of them was named Ada, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,532Yoichi7
- #3,532Zachariah7
- #3,532Zigmond7
- #3,872Ada6
- #3,872Ab6
- #3,872Abbie6
- #3,872Able6
- #4,307Achilles5
- #4,307Addis5
- #4,307Adelaido5
Tied with 434 names at #3,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.