Adena
Adena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197543 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1902
- 1,741people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,741 girls have been named Adena in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1975, with 43 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Adena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 52 | |
| 1920s | 63 | |
| 1930s | 39 | |
| 1940s | 75 | |
| 1950s | 107 | |
| 1960s | 182 | |
| 1970s | 322 | |
| 1980s | 308 | |
| 1990s | 223 | |
| 2000s | 202 | |
| 2010s | 113 | |
| 2020s | 50 |
In 1975, its biggest year
Adena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1975 were Jennifer, Amy, Heather, Melissa and Angela. See all of 1975.
Names that rose and fell with Adena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Suzannapeak 1973
- Jacintapeak 1982
- Silviapeak 1991
- Carlenapeak 1975
- Veronicapeak 1980
- Rosaurapeak 2003
- Andreapeak 1981
- Adriapeak 1979
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.