Girls' name · since 2008
Adarah
Adarah has 113 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,694 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 113
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adarah is the #5694 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 113 recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Adarah recorded 113 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #5694 nationally today, ahead of 67% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- #25,757 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,694 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 113 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adarah ranks #25,757 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,694 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 113 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,757 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,694 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 113
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adarah's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Adarah compares
113 27th 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
Adarah's all-time total is 70% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 113 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adarah's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 23, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Adarah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Adarah's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Adarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (65% of all-time use).
Adarah by state
Where Adarah concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 5.3% |
6 of 113 births nationwide.
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What to do with Adarah's data
- California records the most Adarahs (6 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 Adarah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Adarah 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.