Ada

Boy · recorded 1885–2010

  • 2010last recorded
  • 1897best year

Most popular in 1897.

Last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ada.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1885

0458918851916194819792010

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Ada, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188546
188654
188749
188841
188963
189169
189249
189452
189577
189789
189841
190265
191214
191312
19148
191511
19168
19187
191912
19206
19216
19226
19237
19246
19256
19265
192711
19289
19297
19316
19336
19357
19389
19415
19753
19843
19853
20043
20063
20104

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ada isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2010
7
Rank in 2010
#9,693
How rare
1 in 274,096 boys
Since 1885
278

Ada was last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1897, at 89 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ada doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.