Ghada
Ghada is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used predominately in Arab countries, but also in non Arab countries around the world. In Arabic, it refers to women who are attractive, graceful, active, tender, enchanting, giving, and enlightening.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Ghada
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ghada is a feminine given name of Arabic origin used predominately in Arab countries, but also in non Arab countries around the world. In Arabic, it refers to women who are attractive, graceful, active, tender, enchanting, giving, and enlightening.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Ghada
The earliest SSA record of Ghada as a baby girl name dates back to 1977, when 5 babies received it. 1978 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Ghada — #6,384 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Ghada on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ghada last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 131 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ghada
Ghada is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 131 births in the dataset. Ghada's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #6,384. Use the chart and map above to compare Ghada'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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