Unisex name · since 2006
Admire
Admire has 159 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
159 babies have been named Admire since 2006, making it today's #7770 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Admire recorded 159 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #7770 nationally today, ahead of 55% 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 2006 to 2025.
- #22,161 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,770 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 159 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Admire ranks #22,161 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,770 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 159 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,161 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 159
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Admire's 159 recorded births place it above 69.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Admire compares
159 32nd 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
Admire's all-time total is 58% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Admire | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 159 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Admire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Admire's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2006, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Admire popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Admire popularity over time - boys
45 total births recorded since 2015 (Admire as boys' name)
Admire by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (73 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Admire's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Admire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
73 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 73 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Admire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Admire 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.