Adah
Adah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
- Biblical
Meaning & Origin of Adah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adah is a name with a single cultural origin: Biblical.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
The Story of Adah
Adah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 24 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 121 Adahs were born — ranking #1,687 that year. As of 2026, Adah ranks #2,301 for baby girls with 80 births, falling sharply (-17%). In total, more than 4K Adahs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Adah
Adah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Adah's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #277. Use the chart and map above to compare Adah'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.