girls:
618 births since 1973
#5098 (11th percentile)
boys:
413 births since 1978
#4173 (9th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1973
#6708 (13th percentile)
The name Adama is the #6,708 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,031 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 13.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,098 (10.8% percentile) for all time with 618 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,173 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 413 births since 1978.
Adama first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Adama is available in 47 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 36 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adama has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (59.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 57.1% of babies named Adama were girls.
For girls, Adama reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #964) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Adama ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 84.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Adama reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #900) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Adama ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 85.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adama".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Adama. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.0% confident that Adama is pronounced as uh-DAH-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-DUH-muh, at 22.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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