Ada
Rank in 2025
#219
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
1,401
girls 1,401
Peak year
1880
652 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
107,183
since 1880
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Ada was most popular in 1880, when 652 babies recorded as girls got the name (7.2 per 1,000). In 2025, 1,401 babies were named Ada, ranking #219 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,401 | 219 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 1,575 | 191 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 1,652 | 179 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 1,657 | 181 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 1,650 | 180 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 1,560 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 1,467 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 1,302 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 1,020 | 319 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 968 | 345 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 922 | 355 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 871 | 374 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 703 | 435 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 634 | 484 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 606 | 489 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 544 | 538 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 537 | 570 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 529 | 585 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 466 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 404 | 703 | 6 | 10662 |
| 2005 | 329 | 789 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 306 | 820 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 220 | 1038 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 214 | 1014 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 193 | 1096 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 197 | 1053 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 184 | 1086 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 146 | 1242 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 143 | 1242 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 140 | 1246 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 150 | 1156 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 155 | 1147 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 138 | 1250 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 197 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 170 | 1065 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 177 | 1024 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 165 | 1037 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 154 | 1044 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 157 | 997 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 146 | 1032 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 165 | 945 | 5 | 6523 |
| 1984 | 156 | 940 | 6 | 5561 |
| 1983 | 146 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 170 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 181 | 858 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 166 | 909 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 179 | 864 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 197 | 778 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 187 | 802 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 168 | 826 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 186 | 761 | 5 | 5464 |
| 1974 | 164 | 818 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 201 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 206 | 702 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 198 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 238 | 668 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 223 | 664 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 254 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 245 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 244 | 607 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 268 | 583 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 318 | 554 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 305 | 561 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 322 | 546 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 344 | 527 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 351 | 514 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 364 | 513 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 371 | 499 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 393 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 397 | 465 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 433 | 423 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 444 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 437 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 482 | 375 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 514 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 471 | 369 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 497 | 351 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 533 | 338 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 524 | 348 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 547 | 317 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 527 | 301 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 547 | 290 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 658 | 271 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 709 | 258 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 677 | 249 | 6 | 3133 |
| 1940 | 665 | 246 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 703 | 233 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 745 | 224 | 10 | 2326 |
| 1937 | 796 | 208 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 750 | 217 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 798 | 214 | 7 | 2951 |
| 1934 | 833 | 213 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 870 | 199 | 6 | 3268 |
| 1932 | 984 | 186 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 973 | 186 | 6 | 3390 |
| 1930 | 1,040 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 1,129 | 178 | 8 | 2980 |
| 1928 | 1,213 | 171 | 10 | 2659 |
| 1927 | 1,347 | 165 | 12 | 2408 |
| 1926 | 1,462 | 161 | 6 | 3708 |
| 1925 | 1,500 | 161 | 7 | 3408 |
| 1924 | 1,583 | 159 | 7 | 3505 |
| 1923 | 1,638 | 153 | 8 | 3175 |
| 1922 | 1,684 | 148 | 6 | 3872 |
| 1921 | 1,756 | 145 | 7 | 3517 |
| 1920 | 1,823 | 136 | 6 | 3815 |
| 1919 | 1,818 | 129 | 12 | 2385 |
| 1918 | 1,943 | 123 | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | 1,853 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 1,860 | 117 | 7 | 3177 |
| 1915 | 1,817 | 114 | 9 | 2621 |
| 1914 | 1,494 | 106 | 5 | 3264 |
| 1913 | 1,282 | 104 | 6 | 2496 |
| 1912 | 1,268 | 96 | 6 | 2269 |
| 1911 | 939 | 97 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 960 | 94 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 945 | 88 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 922 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 906 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 819 | 87 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 873 | 80 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 878 | 79 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 843 | 78 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 921 | 74 | 8 | 862 |
| 1901 | 913 | 66 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 1,101 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 984 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 1,022 | 66 | 5 | 1121 |
| 1897 | 956 | 66 | 10 | 681 |
| 1896 | 1,041 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 1,124 | 58 | 9 | 738 |
| 1894 | 1,018 | 62 | 6 | 954 |
| 1893 | 1,051 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 1,134 | 50 | 6 | 956 |
| 1891 | 975 | 51 | 7 | 766 |
| 1890 | 1,074 | 51 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 1,005 | 51 | 7 | 789 |
| 1888 | 1,116 | 46 | 5 | 1031 |
| 1887 | 910 | 45 | 5 | 921 |
| 1886 | 915 | 46 | 6 | 845 |
| 1885 | 876 | 43 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 854 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 778 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 689 | 44 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 628 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 652 | 33 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years