Ada

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #219in 2025
  • 1 in 1,147girls in 2025
  • +69%last ten years
  • 4.5×in Maine

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record, and up 69% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

03,5837,16518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Ada, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18807,165
18816,830
18826,389
18836,927
18846,619
18856,584
18866,331
18876,234
18886,248
18895,634
18905,641
18915,257
18925,341
18934,936
18944,567
18954,811
18964,375
18974,082
18983,949
18994,223
19003,673
19013,815
19023,488
19033,218
19043,189
19052,994
19062,773
19072,844
19082,758
19092,722
19102,421
19112,245
19122,272
19132,053
19141,962
19151,847
19161,781
19171,714
19181,678
19191,609
19201,521
19211,424
19221,402
19231,358
19241,268
19251,232
19261,233
19271,130
19281,052
19291,011
1930924
1931914
1932922
1933863
1934798
1935761
1936721
1937748
1938675
1939641
1940582
1941560
1942525
1943472
1944412
1945403
1946348
1947296
1948314
1949290
1950275
1951285
1952260
1953232
1954229
1955221
1956198
1957192
1958184
1959180
1960174
1961170
1962164
1963158
1964168
1965152
1966144
1967148
1968155
1969132
1970136
1971119
1972135
1973138
1974112
1975128
1976115
1977122
1978129
1979112
1980100
1981109
1982100
198387
198493
198596
198685
198790
198886
198990
199093
199191
1992107
199376
199487
199585
199680
199782
199883
1999104
2000108
2001107
2002119
2003120
2004167
2005178
2006212
2007242
2008280
2009292
2010306
2011345
2012360
2013401
2014488
2015516
2016546
2017591
2018765
2019874
2020965
20211,006
20221,010
20231,030
2024972
2025872

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maine 4.5×
  2. North Dakota 3.5×
  3. Iowa 2.9×
  4. Nebraska 2.9×
  5. Wisconsin 2.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,401
Rank in 2025
#219
How rare
1 in 1,147 girls
Since 1880
106,905

Most popular in 1880, at 7,165 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 69% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maine4.5×39
North Dakota3.5×26
Iowa2.9×99
Nebraska2.9×59
Wisconsin2.5×145

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