Given name & surname

Adja

Adja is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Adja isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Adja through the years

Babies since 1880
227
0 boys · 227 girls
Most popular year
2005
16 babies
2025
11
#8,869 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+36%
Rising
02.557.51020002025Highest share 20216.8
Adja in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1994–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,869 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 310 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.

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Adja, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Ahmyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ahjah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Arpa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Aaliah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Aneea

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Anneth

14Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Alaijha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Takiyah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Adja’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Adja