Fun Facts About the Name Adaya
- More than 1 thousand babies named Adaya: U.S. records list 1,188 babies given the name Adaya from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adaya Mean?
Adaya is most often explained as a variant spelling of the Hebrew biblical name Adaiah (עֲדָיָה, ʿĂdāyāh). That name joins a verb meaning "to adorn," עדה (ʿādâ), to the short divine name Yāh (יָה), a form of the four-letter name YHWH. Read as a sentence name, it means "Yahweh has adorned himself"; it is sometimes given the looser sense "Yahweh is my ornament."
A second explanation takes the first element from a different Hebrew root, עד (ʿēd), "witness," and reads the whole as "Yahweh is a witness." The two readings depend on which root the first syllable of the biblical name reflects, and that choice is not fully settled. The spelling Adaya is one of several ways of rendering the same Hebrew consonants; Adaiah and Adayah are others.
Separately, the spelling Adaya also occurs as a form of the Sanskrit feminine name Ādyā, from आदि (ādi), "beginning" or "first," giving the sense "the first, primordial." That is an independent origin, and matching letters alone do not connect the two names.
Adaya Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name behind Adaya appears in the Bible as Adaiah, borne by several men. Most are Levites or priests listed in Chronicles and Nehemiah; one is Adaiah of Bozkath, named in 2 Kings 22:1 as the father of Jedidah, the mother of King Josiah of Judah. Its early use is tied mainly to temple personnel, and in that setting it was a masculine name.
Because Hebrew was written without vowels and then transliterated into Latin letters in different traditions, the name acquired a range of spellings - Adaiah, Adajah, Adayah - since the final h of the divine element and the vowel joining the two parts can each be rendered more than one way. Adaya fits this pattern, treating the ending as a plain -a.
In modern use Adaya is given as a girl's name, while the biblical Adaiah was a man's. That change in gender belongs to the name's recent life, not to its biblical one.
How Popular is the Name Adaya?
Adaya has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,123 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,895 | 58 | 0.0036% |
| 2024 | #2,813 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2023 | #2,123 | 90 | 0.0056% |
| 2022 | #2,689 | 64 | 0.0039% |
| 2021 | #2,958 | 56 | 0.0034% |
| 2020 | #2,821 | 58 | 0.0036% |
| 2019 | #2,890 | 57 | 0.0034% |
| 2018 | #3,159 | 51 | 0.0030% |
| 2017 | #3,243 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2016 | #4,082 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 2015 | #4,489 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2014 | #3,327 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2013 | #3,166 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2012 | #3,266 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2011 | #2,588 | 69 | 0.0039% |
| 2010 | #2,725 | 65 | 0.0037% |
| 2009 | #2,615 | 70 | 0.0038% |
| 2008 | #2,485 | 76 | 0.0040% |
| 2007 | #3,330 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #11,848 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #8,265 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #9,678 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #8,286 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #7,325 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2000 | #9,880 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #10,359 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #10,131 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #13,403 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Adaya Shapes Your Personality and Life?
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You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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