Adira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-DEER-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,406 for girls
Adira is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “mighty, strong”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 1,406th for girls in the US (155 babies).
What does Adira mean?
Hebrew: feminine of adir
“mighty, strong”
Adir, 'mighty', is used of God in Jewish liturgy, as in the Passover hymn Adir Hu.
Is Adira a girl's or a boy's name?
Adira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 155 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 78% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Adira, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Adira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
How popular is Adira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,406among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 155about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 155 girls in the US were named Adira, making it the 1,406th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,308th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 175 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Adira than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Adira in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 162 girls in the US were given Adira or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,217, up from #1,406 for this spelling alone.
- Adira 155
- Adirah 7
Adira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 155 | #1,406 |
| 2024 | 167 | #1,363 |
| 2023 | 166 | #1,356 |
| 2022 | 158 | #1,422 |
| 2021 | 170 | #1,323 |
| 2020 | 168 | #1,308 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,307 |
| 2018 | 121 | #1,710 |
| 2017 | 127 | #1,686 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 63 | #2,773 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
Names like Adira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Amira Ayra Hafsa Aaliyah Ayah Khadija Hiba Hawa Nusaybah Aiza
Names related to Adira
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, “Adira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adira, updated 20 October 2026.