Girls' name · since 1916
Adora
Adora has 2,373 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,334 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,373
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adora is the #2334 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,373 recorded since 1916.
Adora has 2,373 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2334 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #4,192 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,334 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,373 born since 1916
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adora ranks #4,192 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,334 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,373 born since 1916, peaking in the 2010s.
- #4,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,334 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,373
- born since 1916
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adora's 2,373 recorded births place it above 94.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Adora compares
2,373 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Adora's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,373 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 106 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adora splits its recorded history at 1980: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 106 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 106
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Adora by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (546 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Adora's strongest decade.
546 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Adora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 24
1910s
24 births
- 1920s 29
1920s
29 births
- 1930s 48
1930s
48 births
- 1940s 19
1940s
19 births
- 1950s 90
1950s
90 births
- 1960s 83
1960s
83 births
- 1970s 91
1970s
91 births
- 1980s 200
1980s
200 births
- 1990s
1990s
278 births
- 2000s
2000s
448 births
- 2010s
2010s
546 births
- 2020s
2020s
517 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 546 births (23% of all-time use).
How Adora 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 Adora's total volume
Adora by state
Where Adora concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 182 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 77 | 3.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 71 | 3.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 28 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 27 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 24 | 1.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 21 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 14 | 0.6% |
182 of 2,373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Adora appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adora's data
- Adora's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (546 total births) through the 2020s (517) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Adoras (182 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 Adora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Adora 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.