Unisex name · since 2000
Adore
1,108 babies named Adore in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,791 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,108
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adore currently ranks #1791 among unisex names in America, with 1,108 babies recorded since 2000.
Adore has 1,108 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1791 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #6,985 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,791 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,108 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adore ranks #6,985 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,791 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,108 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,791 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,108
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adore's 1,108 recorded births place it above 90.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Adore compares
1,108 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Adore's all-time total is 195% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adore | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 131 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adore's full recorded timeline at 2015, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2000, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 131 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adore popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 131
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Adore popularity over time - boys
73 total births recorded since 2011 (Adore as boys' name)
Adore by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (712 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Adore's strongest decade.
712 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Adore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 32
2000s
32 births
- 2010s
2010s
364 births
- 2020s
2020s
712 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 712 births (64% of all-time use).
How Adore 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 Adore's total volume
Adore by state
Where Adore concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 65 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 65 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 58 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Texas | | 58 | 5.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 56 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 56 | 5.1% |
| #7 | California | | 53 | 4.8% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 29 | 2.6% |
65 of 1,108 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Adore appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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- Georgia records the most Adores (65 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Adore 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.