Adah comes from the Biblical / Hebrew tradition, meaning From The Beautiful Scenery.
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How popular is Adah?
2020peak 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 registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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