girl's name

Adanna

  • Origin Igbo
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,022

Scotland

#878

2024 births

Adanna is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Adanna is a name of Igbo origin.
  • Peaked in 2007, when 32 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 122,805 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Adanna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Adanna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 5
1990s 109
2000s 208
2010s 228
2020s (to 2025) 141

How popular is Adanna?

In 2025, Adanna was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Adanna is used

Scotland #878 3 in 2024
England & Wales #1,288 25 in 2025
Canada #2,828 7 in 2024
United States #4,909 27 in 2025
France #6,601 5 in 2022

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Adanna

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Adanna also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adanna over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Adanna

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adanna — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Adanna

How popular is the name Adanna?

In 2025, Adanna was given to 27 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Adanna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Adanna most popular?

Adanna peaked in 2007, when 32 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Adanna a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adanna currently ranks #878 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.