How Many People Are Named Ada?
people named Ada are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,899 people in the US has this name
Based on 107,183 babies named Ada in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
1,950 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ADELAIDE and other names beginning with the same sound. This name was borne by Augusta Ada King (1815-1852), the Countess of Lovelace (known as Ada Lovelace), a daughter of Lord Byron. She was an assistant to Charles Babbage, the inventor of an early mechanical computer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Ada in English. Counting Ada and these spellings together, about 40,549 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ada (99.9%) were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Ada alive today is about 33 years old, and 58% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 64 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Ada first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 1,950 babies. In 2025, 1,401 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Ada never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #33, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 33 years, 1880 to 1912. In 2025 it ranked #219.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #219 |
| Best rank | #33 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 33 (1880 to 1912) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #117 in the 1910s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Ada alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ada were born in California than in any other state: about 2,982 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ada was given 2 times as often in Kentucky, 1.9 times in Mississippi and 1.7 times in North Carolina.
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