Adar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DAR
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Adar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Adar mean?
Hebrew: name of a month in the Hebrew calendar
Adar is the Hebrew month in which Purim falls; the same word names March in Kurdish and Levantine Arabic.
Is Adar a girl's or a boy's name?
Adar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Adar, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Adar than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Adar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Adar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
How popular is Adar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Adar, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Adar in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Adar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Umar Ayyub Ibrahim Muhammad Arham Amir Abdullah Ahmed Ayaan Ammar Eesa
Names related to Adar
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Adar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adar, updated 20 October 2026.