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Why parents love Adah- Adah IS the first woman named after Eve.One of the oldest names in existence.Two syllables with a gentle, Hebrew sound: AH-dah.The meaning ornament IS beautifully adorning.The most anciently feminine Hebrew name.
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The vibe of Adah
ornamentadornmentHebrewAdahfirst woman after EveoldestLamechgentlebeautifulancient
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Origin & history of Adah
Hebrew adah (ornament/adornment)
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Biblical / Hebrew roots
Adah IS the first woman named after Eve — one of the oldest names in existence.
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First recorded
Earliest known use: Hebrew — Genesis 4:19.
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Today
Adah remains a beloved choice, ranking #2066 in the US. 4,010 babies have been named Adah since 1880.
◈ Sources: Behind the Name, SSA data
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How popular is Adah?
2020
peak year
The name Adah reached its peak in 2020, with 121 registrations (ranked #1687). The name has actually been around since 1880 — over a century — though it took until recently to find its widest audience. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2066) today, averaging about 95 new babies per year. Adah's usage has held roughly steady recently. Across all years on record, approximately 4,010 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
121
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,687)
(ranked #1,687)
95
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
950
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
4,010
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Adah5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
Adah's Life Path 6 is the nurturer's number — adorning nurturing. People named Adah tend to be gentle, beautiful, and gifted at being the first woman named after Eve.
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First woman after Eve✦
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Gentle-beautiful♡
Ancient-feminineA1
D4
A1
H8
Sum: 14 → Life path 5
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Personality of Adah🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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