Adda

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births

Peak · girls
1881 · 20 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
987
since 1880

Adda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adda has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #374, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,83816
2024#9,55610
2023#13,4626
2022#11,2318
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017#10,6899
2016
2015#13,0067
2014#13,0697
2013
2012#16,8695
2011
2010#16,9925
2009
2008#17,5045
2007#17,6365
2006
2005
2004
2003#12,4087
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988#11,7985
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964#6,7675
1963#6,5925
1962
1961
1960
1959
1958
1957
1956#5,3256
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949
1948
1947#5,2955
1946
1945#4,5565
1944
1943
1942#4,6225
1941#3,9546
1940
1939#2,73610
1938
1937#2,73510
1936#3,1038
1935#3,7426
1934#2,9239
1933#4,2185
1932#4,4115
1931#2,75010
1930#4,0476
1929#2,19115
1928#2,76811
1927#2,25616
1926#2,47414
1925#2,19117
1924#1,92621
1923#2,58713
1922#2,10918
1921#2,04819
1920#1,75123
1919#2,06317
1918#2,02918
1917#1,65222
1916#1,63022
1915#1,67220
1914#1,66516
1913#1,52815
1912#1,71911
1911#1,54510
1910#1,6349
1909#1,21912
1908#1,26111
1907#2,0615
1906#1,5537
1905#1,5387
1904#1,8775
1903#1,02712
1902#97213
1901#1,06710
1900#1,23110
1899#83515
1898#92014
1897#78616
1896#95012
1895#78816
1894#74416
1893#86512
1892#79614
1891#51425
1890#57820
1889#53223
1888#47627
1887#47122
1886#49120
1885#44622
1884#47918
1883#37524
1882#44617
1881#37420
1880#44914
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adda was already there! It came in at #449, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Adda
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,718 spots since 2024 (#9,556#6,838)
  • 6,168 spots since 2015 (#13,006#6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 164 spots in 1897 (#950#786)
  • Biggest drop: 396 spots in 1900 (#835#1,231)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #374 (20 births)
  • Births halved by 1900, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1880–1899
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,598
  • Highest: 1 in 4,598 girls born in 1881 were named Adda (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1880s
  • 21.0% of all girls named Adda (207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s207#374 (1881)#454
1890s160#514 (1891)#778
1900s92#972 (1902)#1,381
1910s160#1,528 (1913)#1,714
1920s167#1,751 (1920)#2,230
1930s69#2,735 (1937)#3,407
1940s21#3,954 (1941)#4,607
1950s6#5,325 (1956)#5,325
1960s10#6,592 (1963)#6,680
1970s0
1980s5#11,798 (1988)#11,798
1990s0
2000s17#12,408 (2003)#15,849
2010s33#10,689 (2017)#14,125
2020s40#6,838 (2025)#10,272

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.

Adda in 1890

girls
#578
20 births · 1 in 9,519 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #578Adda20
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 9,519 of them was named Adda, which outranked 62.3% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adda
  1. #570Lilian21
  2. #570Ocie21
  3. #570Philomena21
  4. #578Adda20
  5. #578Alda20
  6. #578Almira20
  7. #578Bernadette20
  8. #599Allene19
  9. #599Althea19
  10. #599Alvena19

Tied with 20 names at #578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890