Adena
Adena or Adeena is a female given name, and may refer to:Adeena Karasick, Canadian poet, performance artist, and essayist Adena (musician), Romanian singer-songwriter Adena Friedman, American businesswoman Adena Halpern, American author Adena Ishii, American politician Adena Jacobs, Australian theatre director Adena Miller Rich (1888–1967), American social worker, philanthropist, and…
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Adena
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adena or Adeena is a female given name, and may refer to:Adeena Karasick, Canadian poet, performance artist, and essayist Adena (musician), Romanian singer-songwriter Adena Friedman, American businesswoman Adena Halpern, American author Adena Ishii, American politician Adena Jacobs, Australian theatre director Adena Miller Rich (1888–1967), American social worker, philanthropist, and…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Adena
Adena first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1902, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1975: 43 births, good for #2,023 nationwide. As of 2026, Adena ranks #9,707 for baby girls with 6 births, falling sharply (-33%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adena
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Adena. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Where is Adena most common?
Predicted country distribution based on naming patterns globally.
- Philippines50%
- Indonesia18%
- Germany13%
- ET10%
- GH10%
Source: Nationalize.io . Probabilities are global naming-pattern estimates, not strict counts.
Names that sound like Adena
Phonetically similar names — useful when Adena is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Adena
Adena is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1902 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Adena's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #1,793. Use the chart and map above to compare Adena'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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