Ada
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Ada. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1762. Short form of names like Adela, and of biblical Hebrew origin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ada (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ada has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 14 |
| 2009 | 21 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 22 |
| 2012 | 23 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 38 |
| 2017 | 41 |
| 2018 | 47 |
| 2019 | 55 |
| 2020 | 60 |
| 2021 | 63 |
| 2022 | 73 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 761 |
| 2000 | 718 |
| 2001 | 684 |
| 2002 | 646 |
| 2003 | 617 |
| 2004 | 591 |
| 2005 | 560 |
| 2006 | 536 |
| 2007 | 525 |
| 2008 | 517 |
| 2009 | 519 |
| 2010 | 525 |
| 2011 | 516 |
| 2012 | 513 |
| 2013 | 524 |
| 2014 | 546 |
| 2015 | 556 |
| 2016 | 581 |
| 2017 | 623 |
| 2018 | 667 |
| 2019 | 717 |
| 2020 | 773 |
Ada in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ada.Hi! My name is Ada.
- Ada ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Ada called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Ada har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ada has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Adas mamma är lärare.Ada's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Adas mamma is Ada's mum.
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Questions about Ada
How do you pronounce Ada in Swedish?
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What does the name Ada mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Ada. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1762. Short form of names like Adela, and of biblical Hebrew origin.
How popular is Ada in Sweden?
73 babies were named Ada in 2022. In 2020, 773 people in Sweden had Ada as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.