Adhara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-DAR-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #370 for girls
Adhara is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the virgins”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 370th for girls in the US (829 babies).
What does Adhara mean?
Arabic: star name
“the virgins”
Adhara is the second-brightest star in the constellation Canis Major; its name comes from Arabic.
Is Adhara a girl's or a boy's name?
Adhara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 829 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adhara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Adhara, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Adhara of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Adhara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Adhara 6
- Adara 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Adhara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Adhara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 370th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 829 about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 829 girls in the US were named Adhara, making it the 370th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. It first appears in the records in 2013.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most girls named Adhara of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Adhara in the US since 1880 were born between 2023 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,100 girls in the US were given Adhara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #303, up from #370 for this spelling alone.
Adhara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 829 | #370 |
| 2024 | 658 | #472 |
| 2023 | 365 | #770 |
| 2022 | 134 | #1,583 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
Names like Adhara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Prisha, Advika, Akshara, Aadhya, Avira, Saanvika, Arshiya, Hanvika, Aavya, Divisha, Tanvika
Other spellings of Adhara
Names related to Adhara
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Adhara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adhara, updated 20 October 2026.