Adjoa
Adwoa is a given name used for women born on Monday in Western Africa, particularly Ghana and some parts of Togo, southern Benin and Ivory Coast. Day names are a cultural practice of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. It is actually practiced by all Akan people who follow traditional customs.
- Akan
Meaning & Origin of Adjoa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adwoa is a given name used for women born on Monday in Western Africa, particularly Ghana and some parts of Togo, southern Benin and Ivory Coast. Day names are a cultural practice of the Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast. It is actually practiced by all Akan people who follow traditional customs.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Akan
The Story of Adjoa
The earliest SSA record of Adjoa as a baby girl name dates back to 1981, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Adjoa — #11,629 in the national rankings. About 44% of every Adjoa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Adjoa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 98 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adjoa
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About the name Adjoa
Adjoa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 98 births in the dataset. Adjoa's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #11,629. Use the chart and map above to compare Adjoa'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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