Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ada

#361 most common girls' name of all time · #662 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#361
Rank overall
#662 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
107,183
Since 2016
14,252
Peak year
1918 #123
Best rank
#33 1880
Girls Boys peak 1,950/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Ada is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,401 1,401 #219
2024 1,575 1,575 #191
2023 1,652 1,652 #179
2022 1,657 1,657 #181
2021 1,650 1,650 #180
2020 1,560 1,560 #185
2019 1,467 1,467 #208
2018 1,302 1,302 #251
2017 1,020 1,020 #319
2016 968 968 #346
2015 922 922 #355
2014 871 871 #374
2013 703 703 #435
2012 634 634 #484
2011 606 606 #489
2010 544 7 551 #538
2009 537 537 #570
2008 529 529 #585
2007 466 466 #638
2006 404 6 410 #703
2005 329 329 #789
2004 306 6 312 #820
2003 220 220 #1,038
2002 214 214 #1,014
2001 193 193 #1,096
2000 197 197 #1,053
1999 184 184 #1,086
1998 146 146 #1,242
1997 143 143 #1,242
1996 140 140 #1,246
1995 150 150 #1,156
1994 155 155 #1,147
1993 138 138 #1,250
1992 197 197 #969
1991 170 170 #1,065
1990 177 177 #1,024
1989 165 165 #1,038
1988 154 154 #1,044
1987 157 157 #997
1986 146 146 #1,032
1985 165 5 170 #945
1984 156 6 162 #940
1983 146 146 #993
1982 170 170 #893
1981 181 181 #859
1980 166 166 #909
1979 179 179 #864
1978 197 197 #778
1977 187 187 #802
1976 168 168 #826
1975 186 5 191 #761
1974 164 164 #818
1973 201 201 #718
1972 206 206 #702
1971 198 198 #747
1970 238 238 #668
1969 223 223 #664
1968 254 254 #604
1967 245 245 #606
1966 244 244 #607
1965 268 268 #583
1964 318 318 #554
1963 305 305 #561
1962 322 322 #547
1961 344 344 #527
1960 351 351 #514
1959 364 364 #513
1958 371 371 #499
1957 393 393 #477
1956 397 397 #465
1955 433 433 #423
1954 444 444 #409
1953 437 437 #411
1952 482 482 #375
1951 514 514 #352
1950 471 471 #369
1949 497 497 #351
1948 533 533 #338
1947 524 524 #348
1946 547 547 #317
1945 527 527 #301
1944 547 547 #290
1943 658 658 #271
1942 709 709 #258
1941 677 6 683 #249
1940 665 665 #246
1939 703 703 #233
1938 745 10 755 #224
1937 796 796 #208
1936 750 750 #217
1935 798 7 805 #214
1934 833 833 #213
1933 870 6 876 #199
1932 984 984 #186
1931 973 6 979 #186
1930 1,040 1,040 #185
1929 1,129 8 1,137 #178
1928 1,213 10 1,223 #171
1927 1,347 12 1,359 #165
1926 1,462 6 1,468 #161
1925 1,500 7 1,507 #161
1924 1,583 7 1,590 #159
1923 1,638 8 1,646 #153
1922 1,684 6 1,690 #148
1921 1,756 7 1,763 #145
1920 1,823 6 1,829 #136
1919 1,818 12 1,830 #129
1918 1,943 7 1,950 #123
1917 1,853 1,853 #119
1916 1,860 7 1,867 #117
1915 1,817 9 1,826 #114
1914 1,494 5 1,499 #106
1913 1,282 6 1,288 #104
1912 1,268 6 1,274 #96
1911 939 939 #97
1910 960 960 #94
1909 945 945 #88
1908 922 922 #87
1907 906 906 #83
1906 819 819 #87
1905 873 873 #80
1904 878 878 #79
1903 843 843 #78
1902 921 8 929 #74
1901 913 913 #66
1900 1,101 1,101 #72
1899 984 984 #61
1898 1,022 5 1,027 #66
1897 956 10 966 #66
1896 1,041 1,041 #63
1895 1,124 9 1,133 #58
1894 1,018 6 1,024 #62
1893 1,051 1,051 #55
1892 1,134 6 1,140 #50
1891 975 7 982 #51
1890 1,074 1,074 #51
1889 1,005 7 1,012 #51
1888 1,116 5 1,121 #46
1887 910 5 915 #45
1886 915 6 921 #46
1885 876 5 881 #43
1884 854 854 #44
1883 778 778 #44
1882 689 689 #44
1881 628 628 #41
1880 652 652 #33