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Ade

#7,199 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Ade has been given to 408 babies in the U.S. since 1919. In 2025 it ranked #7,199 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 18 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Ade, 2025

1 in 301,000

Ade over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ade over time

In 2025, Ade went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19192025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ade: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Javanese

What Ade means

Ade has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Ade

One of the source’s documented entries for Ade records a meaning of crown.

One of the source’s documented entries for Ade records a meaning of noble.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

The surname derives from medieval forms of Adam or Adrian.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ade (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ade is used in English and Indonesian. Its origins include Javanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 374 boys were recorded with the name Ade between 1919 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2017; its best national rank was #3,320 in 1974.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,703 in 2020 to #7,199 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,068 in 2015 to #7,199 in 2025.

In the United States, 34 girls were recorded with the name Ade between 2001 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2023; its best national rank was #10,314 in 2023.

How common is Ade?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,199
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ade sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ade. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ades were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ade was born before 2006 — so the typical Ade is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
26.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
368
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 26.2% of all recorded uses (98).

Is Ade rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,794
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,496
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−131
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
61.1%
Peak was 2017 (18)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,320
1974

Where Ade is used

Across 1910–2025, Ade was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 3,486,540 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ade has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ade around the world

Where Ade ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2017
    #4,812
    in 2017
  • France
    1989–1989
    #2,833
    in 1989
  • Canada
    2010–2010
    #2,676
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ade by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,199
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,496
Best rank ever
#3,320
1974
Peak year
2017
18 that year
First recorded
1919
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
374
Count in 2025
11

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#10,314
2023
Peak year
2023
9 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
34
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ade

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ade

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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