Ada Girl
How popular is Ada?
#219 girl name in 2025
1,401 baby girls were named Ada in the US in 2025, making it the 219th most popular girl name.
Ada popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #219 for girls (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,401 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #355 in 2015, #185 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1918 (1,943 girls) |
| Highest rank | #33 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ada counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ada family of names ranked #217 for girls in 2025 (#200 the year before), with 1,527 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ada | 1,401 | 92% |
| Adah | 110 | 7% |
| Adda | 16 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ada is most popular
Babies named Ada per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 3.6 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- North Dakota: 3.6 per 1,000 (47 girls)
- South Dakota: 2.9 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- District of Columbia: 2.7 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- Montana: 2.7 per 1,000 (36 girls)
Ada by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 8,423 | #33 |
| 1890s | 10,379 | #50 |
| 1900s | 9,121 | #66 |
| 1910s | 15,234 | #94 |
| 1920s | 15,135 | #136 |
| 1930s | 8,492 | #185 |
| 1940s | 5,884 | #246 |
| 1950s | 4,306 | #351 |
| 1960s | 2,874 | #514 |
| 1970s | 1,924 | #668 |
| 1980s | 1,606 | #858 |
| 1990s | 1,600 | #967 |
| 2000s | 3,395 | #570 |
| 2010s | 9,037 | #208 |
| 2020s | 9,495 | #179 |
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Questions
- Is Ada a boy or girl name?
- Ada is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ada were girls.
- How popular is the name Ada?
- 1,401 baby girls were named Ada in the US in 2025, making it the 219th most popular girl name.
- When was Ada most popular?
- Ada peaked in 1918, when 1,943 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #33 in 1880.
- How many people are named Ada?
- 107,183 babies have been named Ada in the US since 1880. We estimate about 39,385 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Ada most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ada was most common in Maine, at 3.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.