Adora

Adora was the #2,326 girls' name in the US in 2025 (78 babies), and #1,362 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Adora as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Adora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Adora as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,326 (78)#1,362 (23)#2,282 (9)
2024#2,434 (74)#1,128 (30)#2,445 (8)
2023#2,210 (85)#981 (35)#1,491 (15)
2022#2,253 (83)#1,142 (29)#1,362 (17)
2021#1,871 (106)#1,785 (16)#1,522 (15)
2020#2,034 (91)#1,846 (15)#1,428 (16)
2019#2,482 (71)#1,389 (22)#2,025 (10)
2018#2,404 (75)#2,499 (10)#1,639 (13)
2017#2,236 (84)#1,911 (15)#1,901 (11)
2016#3,060 (54)#2,757 (9)#1,906 (11)
2015#3,989 (37)#2,496 (10)#2,891 (6)
2014#3,137 (52)#3,160 (7)#1,786 (12)
2013#3,314 (48)#4,050 (5)#2,888 (6)
2012#3,988 (38)#3,285 (7)—
2011#3,723 (41)#2,893 (8)#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #1,871.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Adora is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 23,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adora by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Adora (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdoraCanadaGirls#2,2829
AdoraEngland & WalesGirls#1,36223
AdoraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AdoraUSGirls#2,32678