Girls' name · since 1979
Adara
Adara has 2,917 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,006 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,917
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adara currently ranks #1006 among girls' names in America, with 2,917 babies recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adara has been recorded 2,917 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #1006 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #3,662 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,006 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,917 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adara ranks #3,662 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,006 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,917 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,662 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,006 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,917
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adara's 2,917 recorded births place it above 94.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Adara compares
2,917 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Adara's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,917 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 249 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adara's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 249, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 249
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Adara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,012 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Adara's strongest decade.
1,012 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Adara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 82
1980s
82 births
- 1990s
1990s
477 births
- 2000s
2000s
638 births
- 2010s
2010s
703 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,012 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,012 births (35% of all-time use).
How Adara compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Adara's total volume
Adara by state
Where Adara concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 323 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 251 | 8.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 156 | 5.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 134 | 4.6% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 50 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 39 | 1.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 39 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 36 | 1.2% |
323 of 2,917 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Adara appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adara's data
- California records the most Adaras (323 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Adara: 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 (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Adara 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.