Ada is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #479 for girl births in the United States, given to 1,401 babies. Ada first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1918 (1,950 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,401 | #479 |
| 2024 | 1,575 | #437 |
| 2023 | 1,652 | #416 |
| 2022 | 1,657 | #417 |
| 2021 | 1,650 | #419 |
| 2020 | 1,560 | #433 |
| 2019 | 1,467 | #469 |
| 2018 | 1,302 | #529 |
| 2017 | 1,020 | #659 |
| 2016 | 968 | #700 |
| 2015 | 922 | #721 |
| 2014 | 871 | #743 |
| 2013 | 703 | #858 |
| 2012 | 634 | #921 |
| 2011 | 606 | #943 |
| 2010 | 551 | #1,009 |
| 2009 | 537 | #1,070 |
| 2008 | 529 | #1,095 |
| 2007 | 466 | #1,182 |
| 2006 | 410 | #1,278 |
| 2005 | 329 | #1,434 |
| 2004 | 312 | #1,455 |
| 2003 | 220 | #1,808 |
| 2002 | 214 | #1,799 |
| 2001 | 193 | #1,909 |
| 2000 | 197 | #1,847 |
| 1999 | 184 | #1,887 |
| 1998 | 146 | #2,162 |
| 1997 | 143 | #2,149 |
| 1996 | 140 | #2,141 |
| 1995 | 150 | #2,019 |
| 1994 | 155 | #1,975 |
| 1993 | 138 | #2,117 |
| 1992 | 197 | #1,676 |
| 1991 | 170 | #1,822 |
| 1990 | 177 | #1,745 |
| 1989 | 165 | #1,774 |
| 1988 | 154 | #1,750 |
| 1987 | 157 | #1,676 |
| 1986 | 146 | #1,729 |
| 1985 | 170 | #1,561 |
| 1984 | 162 | #1,559 |
| 1983 | 146 | #1,656 |
| 1982 | 170 | #1,526 |
| 1981 | 181 | #1,463 |
| 1980 | 166 | #1,547 |
| 1979 | 179 | #1,472 |
| 1978 | 197 | #1,350 |
| 1977 | 187 | #1,399 |
| 1976 | 168 | #1,433 |
| 1975 | 191 | #1,309 |
| 1974 | 164 | #1,419 |
| 1973 | 201 | #1,256 |
| 1972 | 206 | #1,242 |
| 1971 | 198 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 238 | #1,165 |
| 1969 | 223 | #1,165 |
| 1968 | 254 | #1,058 |
| 1967 | 245 | #1,067 |
| 1966 | 244 | #1,074 |
| 1965 | 268 | #1,034 |
| 1964 | 318 | #983 |
| 1963 | 305 | #989 |
| 1962 | 322 | #965 |
| 1961 | 344 | #939 |
| 1960 | 351 | #926 |
| 1959 | 364 | #914 |
| 1958 | 371 | #889 |
| 1957 | 393 | #854 |
| 1956 | 397 | #829 |
| 1955 | 433 | #764 |
| 1954 | 444 | #743 |
| 1953 | 437 | #744 |
| 1952 | 482 | #691 |
| 1951 | 514 | #650 |
| 1950 | 471 | #682 |
| 1949 | 497 | #651 |
| 1948 | 533 | #628 |
| 1947 | 524 | #640 |
| 1946 | 547 | #588 |
| 1945 | 527 | #548 |
| 1944 | 547 | #539 |
| 1943 | 658 | #496 |
| 1942 | 709 | #471 |
| 1941 | 683 | #448 |
| 1940 | 665 | #448 |
| 1939 | 703 | #422 |
| 1938 | 755 | #407 |
| 1937 | 796 | #390 |
| 1936 | 750 | #396 |
| 1935 | 805 | #388 |
| 1934 | 833 | #385 |
| 1933 | 876 | #362 |
| 1932 | 984 | #342 |
| 1931 | 979 | #341 |
| 1930 | 1,040 | #335 |
| 1929 | 1,137 | #321 |
| 1928 | 1,223 | #309 |
| 1927 | 1,359 | #298 |
| 1926 | 1,468 | #285 |
| 1925 | 1,507 | #281 |
| 1924 | 1,590 | #275 |
| 1923 | 1,646 | #262 |
| 1922 | 1,690 | #253 |
| 1921 | 1,763 | #248 |
| 1920 | 1,829 | #232 |
| 1919 | 1,830 | #220 |
| 1918 | 1,950 | #213 |
| 1917 | 1,853 | #209 |
| 1916 | 1,867 | #207 |
| 1915 | 1,826 | #200 |
| 1914 | 1,499 | #186 |
| 1913 | 1,288 | #178 |
| 1912 | 1,274 | #161 |
| 1911 | 939 | #142 |
| 1910 | 960 | #131 |
| 1909 | 945 | #121 |
| 1908 | 922 | #120 |
| 1907 | 906 | #114 |
| 1906 | 819 | #118 |
| 1905 | 873 | #108 |
| 1904 | 878 | #106 |
| 1903 | 843 | #104 |
| 1902 | 929 | #97 |
| 1901 | 913 | #87 |
| 1900 | 1,101 | #97 |
| 1899 | 984 | #80 |
| 1898 | 1,027 | #86 |
| 1897 | 966 | #84 |
| 1896 | 1,041 | #82 |
| 1895 | 1,133 | #75 |
| 1894 | 1,024 | #81 |
| 1893 | 1,051 | #73 |
| 1892 | 1,140 | #68 |
| 1891 | 982 | #69 |
| 1890 | 1,074 | #68 |
| 1889 | 1,012 | #68 |
| 1888 | 1,121 | #63 |
| 1887 | 915 | #62 |
| 1886 | 921 | #63 |
| 1885 | 881 | #62 |
| 1884 | 854 | #64 |
| 1883 | 778 | #63 |
| 1882 | 689 | #69 |
| 1881 | 628 | #65 |
| 1880 | 652 | #58 |