Adama
Adama was the 5557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 5011th; the most babies were born in 2007 (28). Over the last ten years it has moved down 268 places. More babies were named Adama in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,557 girls, down 388 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- 56% girls, 44% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200728 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,108babies recorded
Adama popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,557 | #5,209 | 22 | 18 |
| 2020 | #5,169 | #5,456 | 24 | 16 |
| 2010 | #7,515 | #7,595 | 16 | 10 |
| 2000 | #7,585 | #7,423 | 13 | 8 |
| 1990 | #12,973 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | #9,097 | #3,430 | 6 | 12 |
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How popular is Adama, counting every spelling?
Adama has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Adama?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adama (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Adama born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adama.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Adama?
About 700 people born in the US named Adama are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 8 and 25. That makes Adama mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Adama by state
How common Adama was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Adama
How popular is the name Adama?
Adama was the 5557th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 5011th; the most babies were born in 2007 (28). Over the last ten years it has moved down 268 places. More babies were named Adama in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Adama a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 56% girls, 44% boys given the name Adama in the US.
Where is Adama most popular?
In 2021–2025, Adama was most common in New York (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Ohio.