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.

Adah

#2,797 most common girls' name of all time · #4,781 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#2,797
Rank overall
#4,781 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
128 of 146
All-time
4,123
Since 2016
969
Peak year
2020 #1,687
Best rank
#277 1883
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 121/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Adah 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 110 — 110 #1,818
2024 94 — 94 #2,053
2023 77 — 77 #2,352
2022 93 — 93 #2,068
2021 91 — 91 #2,086
2020 121 — 121 #1,687
2019 106 — 106 #1,888
2018 109 — 109 #1,854
2017 87 — 87 #2,185
2016 81 — 81 #2,322
2015 90 — 90 #2,123
2014 78 — 78 #2,351
2013 81 — 81 #2,279
2012 59 — 59 #2,904
2011 60 — 60 #2,869
2010 77 — 77 #2,428
2009 73 — 73 #2,548
2008 65 — 65 #2,773
2007 68 — 68 #2,686
2006 63 — 63 #2,778
2005 47 — 47 #3,258
2004 37 — 37 #3,821
2003 30 — 30 #4,308
2002 18 — 18 #6,132
2001 22 — 22 #5,175
2000 10 — 10 #9,166
1999 10 — 10 #8,806
1998 7 — 7 #11,141
1997 11 — 11 #7,744
1995 7 — 7 #10,519
1993 6 — 6 #11,784
1992 5 — 5 #13,319
1991 12 — 12 #6,981
1990 7 — 7 #10,198
1989 5 — 5 #12,367
1988 10 — 10 #7,114
1985 7 — 7 #8,324
1984 7 — 7 #8,158
1981 7 — 7 #8,132
1980 8 — 8 #7,421
1979 5 — 5 #10,214
1978 7 — 7 #7,653
1977 10 — 10 #5,889
1976 7 — 7 #7,300
1973 5 — 5 #8,428
1971 5 — 5 #8,324
1970 8 — 8 #5,819
1969 7 — 7 #5,975
1968 5 — 5 #7,017
1967 5 — 5 #6,808
1965 7 — 7 #5,290
1963 5 — 5 #6,594
1958 6 — 6 #5,409
1957 7 — 7 #4,918
1955 6 — 6 #5,208
1954 9 — 9 #3,968
1953 6 — 6 #5,040
1952 8 — 8 #4,124
1951 6 — 6 #4,834
1950 13 — 13 #2,909
1948 12 — 12 #2,974
1946 7 — 7 #3,994
1945 8 — 8 #3,389
1944 8 — 8 #3,378
1943 18 — 18 #2,082
1942 11 — 11 #2,817
1941 5 — 5 #4,420
1940 10 — 10 #2,737
1939 8 — 8 #3,146
1938 9 — 9 #2,941
1937 9 — 9 #2,941
1936 10 — 10 #2,689
1935 20 — 20 #1,720
1934 15 — 15 #2,088
1933 17 — 17 #1,906
1932 20 — 20 #1,756
1931 15 — 15 #2,105
1930 33 — 33 #1,320
1929 20 — 20 #1,825
1928 22 — 22 #1,784
1927 25 — 25 #1,669
1926 34 — 34 #1,357
1925 32 — 32 #1,443
1924 29 — 29 #1,567
1923 43 — 43 #1,176
1922 45 — 45 #1,144
1921 48 — 48 #1,092
1920 42 — 42 #1,172
1919 42 — 42 #1,133
1918 49 — 49 #1,031
1917 57 — 57 #916
1916 59 — 59 #882
1915 65 — 65 #811
1914 48 — 48 #850
1913 30 — 30 #981
1912 27 — 27 #979
1911 26 — 26 #838
1910 20 — 20 #970
1909 18 — 18 #961
1908 18 — 18 #939
1907 27 — 27 #726
1906 32 — 32 #633
1905 28 — 28 #665
1904 24 — 24 #712
1903 38 — 38 #523
1902 25 — 25 #668
1901 24 — 24 #646
1900 37 — 37 #568
1899 39 — 39 #467
1898 35 — 35 #529
1897 57 — 57 #382
1896 46 — 46 #424
1895 33 — 33 #514
1894 41 — 41 #439
1893 48 — 48 #387
1892 40 — 40 #421
1891 43 — 43 #385
1890 49 — 49 #361
1889 33 — 33 #422
1888 38 — 38 #396
1887 32 — 32 #379
1886 41 — 41 #333
1885 32 — 32 #356
1884 33 — 33 #342
1883 41 — 41 #277
1882 27 — 27 #343
1881 29 — 29 #294
1880 24 — 24 #326