Adara — #1045 US girls' name
2,668 babies named Adara in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Adara was born in this single decade.
242 babies were named Adara in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adara
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,668 babies named Adara between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adara currently holds the #1045 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 242 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adara performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 763 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Adara shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 297 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Adara in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,668 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Adara at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Adara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2023)
- 242
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #1045 among girls.
2,668 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 242 births in a single year.
Adara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 763 births that decade — 29% of Adara's all-time total
Adara decade highlights
- Peak decade 763 births
- Runner-up 703 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Adara's strongest decade
763 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Adara by state
Where Adara concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 297 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 210 | 7.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 125 | 4.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 117 | 4.4% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 39 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 29 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 28 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 27 | 1.0% |
297 of 2,668 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.9% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.4% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Adara appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.