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Adah

girl name
Origin
Hebrew
Syllables
2
Peak era
1890s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

"ornament, adornment"

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adah peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

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Popularity in Brazil

136 people · the #33,256 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 6

2010s

Among people named Adah living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 53 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Adah

Most people given the name Adah in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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The Adah deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Adah truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Adah fits with your family’s names and surname.

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