Ada

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A few things about Ada you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Ada

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

Choose Ada and your child shares a first name with Ada Lovelace, an English mathematician. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Ada, like who?” Ada Lovelace's Wikipedia article is available in 133 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 1,147 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Ada, 1,401 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Ada would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAda has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Adas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1880, when it ranked #33. Today it's #219, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📈Then vs nowAda is 8.0× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 9,217 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 1,147.
• 🍂TrendAda has slipped 34 places over the last five years and now sits at #219. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAda is most popular in North Dakota, where it ranks #91, followed by Maine (#96) and Wisconsin (#104). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningIn Germanic, Ada means “noble”. Our records link it to English, German and Hebrew roots.
• 🔁Word funAda is a palindrome: it reads the same forwards and backwards.

About the name Ada

Ada is a girl name of English, German and Hebrew origin meaning “noble”. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with A and ending in “-ada”. US birth records list Ada for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1880, when it ranked #33 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #219, with 1,401 babies.

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