Girl’s name · Arabic, African

Adja

How to say it: ad-JA · /adˈʒa/

West African form of Arabic 'hajja' meaning 'pilgrim woman' - respectful title as given name in Senegal.

Adja was the 7,326th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 11 babies (Social Security Administration). Its busiest decade was the 2000s, its births are up 3.2-fold in ten years, and it is projected to slip to #8,519 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · Insee 2025 data, published July 2026 · How we compute these figures

#7,326for girls in 2025
1 in 301,394US babies
11born in 2025
#8,519projected for 2030
2000sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Adja
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#7,326
Babies born in 202511
Share of births1 in 301,394
Peak decade2000s
Change over 10 years×3.2
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#8,519
In France, 2025#806 among girls’ names, 35 births

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Adja is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 6 per million births, 2000s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Adji
  • Dja

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Adja is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, English, French.

In France: #806 for girls in 2025.

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