Name profile

Adah

A name meaning "adornment, ornament".

PronunciationEnglish /ˈeɪ.də/
Usage languagesBiblical
US rank (2025)#1,818

Meaning and history

Adah is a Hebrew name meaning “adornment” or “ornament” and is borne in the Old Testament by the wives of both Lamech and Esau.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 63 births, rank #2,778
2007: 68 births, rank #2,684
2008: 65 births, rank #2,773
2009: 73 births, rank #2,548
2010: 77 births, rank #2,427
20112011: 60 births, rank #2,868
2012: 59 births, rank #2,901
2013: 81 births, rank #2,279
2014: 78 births, rank #2,351
2015: 90 births, rank #2,123
20162016: 81 births, rank #2,321
2017: 87 births, rank #2,184
2018: 109 births, rank #1,852
2019: 106 births, rank #1,888
2020: 121 births, rank #1,687
20212021: 91 births, rank #2,085
2022: 93 births, rank #2,068
2023: 77 births, rank #2,352
2024: 94 births, rank #2,053
20252025: 110 births, rank #1,818

Adah moved from #882 to #916 for girls between 1916 and 1917. Its highest annual birth count came in 1915, with 65 births.