Adaeze
Adaeze is a feminine Igbo given name. It means "first-born daughter of the eze" and was, traditionally, the title for such a person. Nowadays, it is considered to mean "princess", but that equivalence is culturally imprecise.
Meaning & Origin of Adaeze
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adaeze is a feminine Igbo given name. It means "first-born daughter of the eze" and was, traditionally, the title for such a person. Nowadays, it is considered to mean "princess", but that equivalence is culturally imprecise.
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The Story of Adaeze
Adaeze first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1982, with 9 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2022, when 34 Adaezes were born — ranking #4,198 that year. As of 2026, Adaeze ranks #4,848 for baby girls with 27 births, rising sharply (+39% over the past five years). In total, more than 635 Adaezes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Adaeze
Adaeze is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 635 births in the dataset. Adaeze's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #4,198. Use the chart and map above to compare Adaeze's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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