Ada
For 2025 the count puts Ada at #219 nationwide, and it is easing off its peak. Its high-water mark came in 1918, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
Ada’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Ada, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Ada since 1880
Ada peaked in 1918 at #123; #219 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Ada is most common
The state that gives Ada most often, per girls born there, is North Dakota (0.37% in 2025); Maine and Montana are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Ada
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Annie
#182 in 2025
Anna
#107 in 2025 · Hebrew
Arthur
#87 in 2025 · Celtic
Edward
#224 in 2025 · Teutonic
Vera
#205 in 2025 · Slavonic
Mabel
#201 in 2025 · Latin
Warren
#240 in 2025 · Teutonic
Miriam
#246 in 2025 · Hebrew
Browse: names starting with A · all names
About Ada
Where does Ada rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Ada at #219 nationwide, and it is easing off its peak. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Ada mean?
There is no citable gloss for Ada in our public-domain source. We show the chart, the related names and the kit, and leave the etymology to a reference you can check.
What names go with Ada?
Annie, Anna and Arthur sit nearest to Ada on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
Get Ada’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
Make the kitThe book is in the works
A printed picture book where Ada earns every letter of their own name, page by page. See the preview pages and hear when it is ready.
Preview the book