Given name & surname
Adama
“a beautiful child; regal and majestic”
Adama is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a beautiful child; regal and majestic.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a beautiful child; regal and majestic.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adama through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,108
- 449 boys · 659 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 40
- #5,557 for girls · #5,209 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,557 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 2007. It also appeared in 18 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Ohio had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,098 as a first name in 2020; 324 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adama’s family of names
In English usage, Adama has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Adamina. Adama has a related form in Adamah. Adama has a related form in Adamma.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adama
- Adama Barrow3rd President of the Gambiaborn 1965
- Adama TraoréSpanish association football playerborn 1996
- Adama TraoréMalian footballer (born 28 June 1995)
- Adama TambouraMalian footballerborn 1985
- Adama GuiraBurkinabé footballerborn 1988
- Adama CoulibalyMalian footballerborn 1980
- Adama MbengueSenegalese footballer (born 1993)
- Adama TraoréIvoirian-Australian footballerborn 1990
- Adama DiakhabyFrench association football playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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