Adah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning ornament.
Babies a year
87
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies
Adah by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Adah. In the US, 87 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 90 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adanoble, nobility1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adanman; variant of Adam745 in the US (2017)
- Avahlife; bird; a respelling of Ava514 in the US (2017)
- Ayahsign, verse of the Quran338 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arahlion; a form of Ariel or Ari11 in the US (2017)
- Aydahhelper or aid; a form of Aida7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adah
Names that are said the same way as Adah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Adah
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