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.
Where Ada is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#103 · 1 in 434
- West Virginia#106 · 1 in 422
- Virginia#117 · 1 in 475
- South Carolina#120 · 1 in 497
- North Carolina#122 · 1 in 485
Best ever in a state: #28 in Idaho, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #103 | 61 | 1 in 434 |
| West Virginia | #106 | 43 | 1 in 422 |
| Virginia | #117 | 50 | 1 in 475 |
| South Carolina | #120 | 39 | 1 in 497 |
| North Carolina | #122 | 74 | 1 in 485 |
| Georgia | #129 | 53 | 1 in 567 |
| Maryland | #130 | 17 | 1 in 739 |
| Arkansas | #138 | 33 | 1 in 553 |
| Missouri | #142 | 44 | 1 in 629 |
| Tennessee | #144 | 41 | 1 in 628 |
| Ohio | #146 | 56 | 1 in 917 |
| Arizona | #152 | 8 | 1 in 533 |
| Indiana | #153 | 26 | 1 in 949 |
| Mississippi | #153 | 36 | 1 in 597 |
| Oklahoma | #153 | 33 | 1 in 691 |
| Pennsylvania | #155 | 80 | 1 in 1,037 |
| Alabama | #156 | 44 | 1 in 682 |
| Florida | #166 | 17 | 1 in 722 |
| Louisiana | #170 | 30 | 1 in 714 |
| Texas | #170 | 77 | 1 in 783 |
| Maine | #171 | 7 | 1 in 902 |
| Utah | #173 | 6 | 1 in 756 |
| Kansas | #175 | 15 | 1 in 934 |
| North Dakota | #195 | 5 | 1 in 1,224 |
| South Dakota | #197 | 5 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Michigan | #206 | 27 | 1 in 1,557 |
| New York | #211 | 63 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Iowa | #212 | 12 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Nebraska | #220 | 7 | 1 in 1,516 |
| Washington | #221 | 6 | 1 in 1,521 |
| Massachusetts | #228 | 12 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Colorado | #248 | 5 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Minnesota | #250 | 8 | 1 in 2,401 |
| California | #261 | 20 | 1 in 1,787 |
| New Jersey | #265 | 10 | 1 in 2,917 |
| Illinois | #268 | 22 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Wisconsin | #337 | 6 | 1 in 3,957 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 989 of them was named Ada, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 134,452 of them was named Ada, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,766Woodard9
- #2,766Zebedee9
- #2,766Zenon9
- #2,980Ada8
- #2,980Abbie8
- #2,980Abbott8
- #2,980Abran8
- #3,247Abelino7
- #3,247Adelmo7
- #3,247Admiral7
Tied with 266 names at #2,980; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.