Adaora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-dah-OH-rah
- Origin
- Igbo
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Adaora is a girls' name of Igbo origin, meaning “daughter of the people”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Adaora mean?
Igbo: Igbo name
“daughter of the people”
An Igbo name from ada, 'eldest daughter', and ora, 'everyone, the community'.
Is Adaora a girl's or a boy's name?
Adaora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adaora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Adaora, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adaora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Adaora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Adaora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Adaora, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had the most girls named Adaora of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Adaora in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adaora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
Nicknames for Adaora
- Ada 1,129 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adaora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adesuwa Araoluwa Tiaraoluwa Anjolaoluwa Chimkasimma Amarachukwu Chimamanda Ireoluwa Chioma Amara Inioluwa Ifeoluwa
Names related to Adaora
More Igbo names
Munachimso Jidenna Kamsiyochukwu Chizaram Amarachi Tobechukwu Obi Mazi Adanna Adaeze Chidera Chidubem Ifechukwu Chisom Tobenna Chiziterem
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adaora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adaora, updated 20 October 2026.