Given name & surname
Adana
“her father's daughter; a father's pride”
Adana is a variant of Adanna. One African interpretation is “her father's daughter; a father's pride.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Adana is a variant of Adanna. One African interpretation is “her father's daughter; a father's pride.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Adana is a variant of Adanna. An origin associated with Adanna is African.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 267
- 0 boys · 267 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #14,967 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,967 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 407 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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