Adir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-DEER
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Adir is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “mighty, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Adir mean?
Hebrew
“mighty, majestic”
Hebrew word for mighty, familiar from the Passover hymn Adir Hu.
Is Adir a girl's or a boy's name?
Adir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Adir, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Adir in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 22 | #4,462 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
Names like Adir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir, Zahir, Ahmir, Musa, Amir, Azir, Nazir, Yahir, Jamir, Hamza, Nasir, Aamir
Names related to Adir
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Adir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adir, updated 20 October 2026.