Girls' name · since 1999
Adaora
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 321 babies named Adaora, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,842 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 321
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adaora currently ranks #5842 among girls' names in America, with 321 babies recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Adaora recorded 321 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #5842 nationally today, ahead of 66% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #15,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,842 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 321 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adaora ranks #15,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,842 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 321 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,842 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 321
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adaora's 321 recorded births place it above 78.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Adaora compares
321 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adaora's all-time total is 15% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adaora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 321 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adaora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adaora splits its recorded history at 2012: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2000 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adaora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Adaora by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (126 births, 39% of the file).
2010s was Adaora's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Adaora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
126 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 126 births (39% of all-time use).
Adaora by state
Where Adaora concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 22 | 6.9% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
22 of 321 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Adaora's data
- Adaora's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (96) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adaoras (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adaora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adaora draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.