Adama

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Adama: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Adama: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,095 in 2012, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
34times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2095highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#2411
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#3409
2003	#2436
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#2410
2008	#2292
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#3185
2012	#2095
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#2945
2016	#4763
2017	#3583
2018	#3518
2020	#3117
2021	#3519
2022	#2888
2023	#2927
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2095 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Adama appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 165 births with the name.

Adama across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Adama's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#2095 (2012)	#4192 (2024)	26 of 29	165 (1996–2024)	13 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#3134 (2001)	#2734 (2017)	#4789 (2021)	8 of 21	31 (2001–2021)	7 (2017)

Adama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Adama in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	2 of 10	6
2000s	58	10 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	62	9 of 10	7
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Adama appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2095 in England and Wales in 2012.

Adama's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2292	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,095, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Adan · #1116, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Holly-Mae · #2095, 27y
Moriah · #2095, 21y
Esta · #2096, 27y
Ismay · #2096, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Holly-Mae · #2095, 27y
Esta · #2096, 27y
Hanya · #2096, 20y
Ismay · #2096, 25y

Adama and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Adama without appearing here.

Adama moved ahead of

Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3518 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3117 and #5493.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4050 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Kristin Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Adama

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Selma Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2095 and #2521 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #4050 and #1707.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2693.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.

Moved the opposite way to Adama

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Adama

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adama went from #2683 to #4192 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2095 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adama

Adama at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adama across 2 official records

Adama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Adama appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Adama and the names beside it

Adama moved ahead of

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Adama at a glance

Adama across 2 official records

Adama by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Adama appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Adama and the names beside it

Adama moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Adama

Moved the opposite way to Adama

Moved the same way as Adama