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Girl's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: rare

AdaIn Hebrew: עדה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: עָדָהRomanization: Adá

Ada (Hebrew: עדה) is a girl's name of biblical origin. 1,407 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 5 girls and ranked #1,007. Its peak year was 1949, with 67 babies.

People in Israel
1,407
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
5
rank #1,007
Peak year
1949
67 babies
USA, 2025
1,401
rank #219

Writing and saying Ada

In Hebrew letters the name is עדה, read right to left. Ada is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "Adá" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • Adah (the wife of Lamech)
  • Adah (the wife of Esau)
  • a female given name, Ada

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Ada by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ada: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ada in English-speaking countries

Ada in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,401#2191918 (1,943)
United Kingdom20251,129#432022 (1,273)
England and Wales20251,014#402020 (1,140)
Scotland202576#512020 (88)
Northern Ireland202539#472023 (52)
Ireland2025104#462020 (131)
British Columbia202331#882023 (31)
Alberta202519#2372020 (30)
Quebec20257#5902021 (11)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ada has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ada

How do you write Ada in Hebrew?

Ada is written עדה in Hebrew (with vowel points: עָדָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "Adá".

How many people in Israel are named Ada?

1,407 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עדה: 1,407 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ada a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named עדה are women.

What does the name Ada mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "Adah (the wife of Lamech)"

Is Ada used outside Israel?

The name Ada appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,401 girls were given it in 2025 (#219), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,129 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.