Ada remains a common girls' name (#219 in 2025), down from a peak of #33 in 1880.
Ada is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #219 for girl births in the United States (and #479 across all names), given to 1,401 babies. Ada was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,943 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | #345 | — |
| 2015 | 922 | 922 | #355 | — |
| 2014 | 871 | 871 | #374 | — |
| 2013 | 703 | 703 | #435 | — |
| 2012 | 634 | 634 | #484 | — |
| 2011 | 606 | 606 | #489 | — |
| 2010 | 551 | 551 | #538 | #9,705 |
| 2009 | 537 | 537 | #570 | — |
| 2008 | 529 | 529 | #585 | — |
| 2007 | 466 | 466 | #638 | — |
| 2006 | 410 | 417 | #704 | #10,679 |
| 2005 | 329 | 334 | #789 | — |
| 2004 | 312 | 318 | #820 | #9,964 |
| 2003 | 220 | 220 | #1,038 | — |
| 2002 | 214 | 214 | #1,014 | — |
| 2001 | 193 | 200 | #1,096 | — |
| 2000 | 197 | 204 | #1,053 | — |
| 1999 | 184 | 193 | #1,086 | — |
| 1998 | 146 | 152 | #1,242 | — |
| 1997 | 143 | — | #1,242 | — |
| 1996 | 140 | — | #1,246 | — |
| 1995 | 150 | — | #1,156 | — |
| 1994 | 155 | — | #1,147 | — |
| 1993 | 138 | — | #1,250 | — |
| 1992 | 197 | — | #969 | — |
| 1991 | 170 | — | #1,065 | — |
| 1990 | 177 | — | #1,024 | — |
| 1989 | 165 | — | #1,037 | — |
| 1988 | 154 | — | #1,044 | — |
| 1987 | 157 | — | #997 | — |
| 1986 | 146 | — | #1,032 | — |
| 1985 | 170 | — | #945 | #6,531 |
| 1984 | 162 | — | #940 | #5,569 |
| 1983 | 146 | — | #993 | — |
| 1982 | 170 | — | #893 | — |
| 1981 | 181 | — | #858 | — |
| 1980 | 166 | — | #909 | — |
| 1979 | 179 | — | #864 | — |
| 1978 | 197 | — | #778 | — |
| 1977 | 187 | — | #802 | — |
| 1976 | 168 | — | #826 | — |
| 1975 | 191 | — | #761 | #5,470 |
| 1974 | 164 | — | #818 | — |
| 1973 | 201 | — | #718 | — |
| 1972 | 206 | — | #702 | — |
| 1971 | 198 | — | #747 | — |
| 1970 | 238 | — | #668 | — |
| 1969 | 223 | — | #664 | — |
| 1968 | 254 | — | #604 | — |
| 1967 | 245 | — | #606 | — |
| 1966 | 244 | — | #607 | — |
| 1965 | 268 | — | #583 | — |
| 1964 | 318 | — | #554 | — |
| 1963 | 305 | — | #561 | — |
| 1962 | 322 | — | #546 | — |
| 1961 | 344 | — | #527 | — |
| 1960 | 351 | — | #514 | — |
| 1959 | 364 | — | #513 | — |
| 1958 | 371 | — | #499 | — |
| 1957 | 393 | — | #477 | — |
| 1956 | 397 | — | #465 | — |
| 1955 | 433 | — | #423 | — |
| 1954 | 444 | — | #409 | — |
| 1953 | 437 | — | #411 | — |
| 1952 | 482 | — | #375 | — |
| 1951 | 514 | — | #352 | — |
| 1950 | 471 | — | #369 | — |
| 1949 | 497 | — | #351 | — |
| 1948 | 533 | — | #338 | — |
| 1947 | 524 | — | #348 | — |
| 1946 | 547 | — | #317 | — |
| 1945 | 527 | — | #301 | — |
| 1944 | 547 | — | #290 | — |
| 1943 | 658 | — | #271 | — |
| 1942 | 709 | — | #258 | — |
| 1941 | 683 | — | #249 | #3,134 |
| 1940 | 665 | — | #246 | — |
| 1939 | 703 | — | #233 | — |
| 1938 | 755 | — | #224 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 796 | — | #208 | — |
| 1936 | 750 | — | #217 | — |
| 1935 | 805 | — | #214 | #2,954 |
| 1934 | 833 | — | #213 | — |
| 1933 | 876 | — | #199 | #3,268 |
| 1932 | 984 | — | #186 | — |
| 1931 | 979 | — | #186 | #3,390 |
| 1930 | 1,040 | — | #185 | — |
| 1929 | 1,137 | — | #178 | #2,983 |
| 1928 | 1,223 | — | #171 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 1,359 | — | #165 | #2,409 |
| 1926 | 1,468 | — | #161 | #3,709 |
| 1925 | 1,507 | — | #161 | #3,412 |
| 1924 | 1,590 | — | #159 | #3,506 |
| 1923 | 1,646 | — | #153 | #3,176 |
| 1922 | 1,690 | — | #148 | #3,876 |
| 1921 | 1,763 | — | #145 | #3,520 |
| 1920 | 1,829 | — | #136 | #3,816 |
| 1919 | 1,830 | — | #129 | #2,386 |
| 1918 | 1,950 | — | #123 | #3,370 |
| 1917 | 1,853 | — | #119 | — |
| 1916 | 1,867 | — | #117 | #3,177 |
| 1915 | 1,826 | — | #114 | #2,621 |
| 1914 | 1,499 | — | #106 | #3,265 |
| 1913 | 1,288 | — | #104 | #2,497 |
| 1912 | 1,274 | — | #96 | #2,271 |
| 1911 | 939 | — | #97 | — |
| 1910 | 960 | — | #94 | — |
| 1909 | 945 | — | #88 | — |
| 1908 | 922 | — | #87 | — |
| 1907 | 906 | — | #83 | — |
| 1906 | 819 | — | #87 | — |
| 1905 | 873 | — | #80 | — |
| 1904 | 878 | — | #79 | — |
| 1903 | 843 | — | #78 | — |
| 1902 | 929 | — | #74 | #862 |
| 1901 | 913 | — | #66 | — |
| 1900 | 1,101 | — | #72 | — |
| 1899 | 984 | — | #61 | — |
| 1898 | 1,027 | — | #66 | #1,121 |
| 1897 | 966 | — | #66 | #681 |
| 1896 | 1,041 | — | #63 | — |
| 1895 | 1,133 | — | #58 | #739 |
| 1894 | 1,024 | — | #62 | #954 |
| 1893 | 1,051 | — | #55 | — |
| 1892 | 1,140 | — | #50 | #956 |
| 1891 | 982 | — | #51 | #767 |
| 1890 | 1,074 | — | #51 | — |
| 1889 | 1,012 | — | #51 | #789 |
| 1888 | 1,121 | — | #46 | #1,032 |
| 1887 | 915 | — | #45 | #923 |
| 1886 | 921 | — | #46 | #845 |
| 1885 | 881 | — | #43 | #936 |
| 1884 | 854 | — | #44 | — |
| 1883 | 778 | — | #44 | — |
| 1882 | 689 | — | #44 | — |
| 1881 | 628 | — | #41 | — |
| 1880 | 652 | — | #33 | — |