Adora

Girl · a-DOR-a · Latin

Adora is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “adored”. In 2025 it ranked 1,416th for girls in the UK (23 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).

What does Adora mean?

Latin

“adored”

Based on Latin adorare, 'to worship, to adore'.

Say it: a-DOR-a

Is Adora a girl's or a boy's name?

Adora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Adora in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,416among girls
Babies in 2025: 23about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend: Risingup 83% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 23 girls in the UK were named Adora, making it the 1,416th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 35 girls.

Half of all the girls named Adora in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,362nd in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 35 in 20232025

Adora in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	23	#1,416
2024	30	#1,176
2023	35	#1,051
2022	29	#1,211
2021	16	#1,882
2020	15	#1,948
2019	23	#1,439
2018	10	#2,631
2017	15	#2,011
2016	11	#2,510
2015	10	#2,629
2014	8	#3,031
2013	5	#4,267
2012	7	#3,471
2011	8	#3,041
2010	6	#3,715
2009	1	#7,377
2008	7	#3,203
2007	4	#4,494
2006	0	–
2005	5	#3,543
2004	5	#3,356
2003	0	–
2002	3	#4,284
2001	5	#2,928

How popular is Adora in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,326among girls
Babies in 2025: 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadymuch the same
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Adora, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.

Half of all the girls named Adora in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1916Busiest: 106 in 20212025

Adora in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	78	#2,326
2024	74	#2,434
2023	85	#2,210
2022	83	#2,253
2021	106	#1,871
2020	91	#2,034
2019	71	#2,482
2018	75	#2,404
2017	84	#2,236
2016	54	#3,060
2015	37	#3,988
2014	52	#3,135
2013	48	#3,313
2012	38	#3,987
2011	41	#3,722
2010	46	#3,469
2009	36	#4,195
2008	44	#3,644
2007	57	#3,047
2006	52	#3,175
2005	37	#3,872
2004	46	#3,261
2003	47	#3,128
2002	47	#3,065
2001	45	#3,087
2000	37	#3,522
1999	37	#3,371
1998	26	#4,235
1997	34	#3,362
1996	32	#3,500
1995	28	#3,775
1994	20	#4,840
1993	27	#3,872
1992	26	#3,962
1991	18	#5,175
1990	30	#3,518
1989	25	#3,887
1988	33	#3,034
1987	32	#2,970
1986	33	#2,844
1985	20	#3,982
1984	17	#4,317
1983	6	#9,013
1982	12	#5,532
1981	7	#8,126
1980	15	#4,742
1979	12	#5,426
1978	10	#5,957
1977	7	#7,565
1976	13	#4,612
1975	0	–
1974	11	#5,010
1973	11	#4,869
1972	8	#5,957
1971	12	#4,532
1970	7	#6,361
1969	8	#5,455
1968	11	#4,221
1967	6	#6,041
1966	11	#3,958
1965	8	#4,830
1964	11	#4,095
1963	0	–
1962	10	#4,262
1961	10	#4,238
1960	8	#4,772
1959	7	#5,030
1958	8	#4,519
1957	9	#4,201
1956	9	#4,160
1955	8	#4,375
1954	9	#3,965
1953	10	#3,686
1952	9	#3,795
1951	16	#2,576
1950	5	#5,299
1949	5	#5,243
1948	0	–
1947	7	#4,343
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	0	–
1943	7	#3,800
1942	0	–
1941	0	–
1940	0	–
1939	8	#3,143
1938	6	#3,845
1937	0	–
1936	7	#3,374
1935	0	–
1934	8	#3,157
1933	0	–
1932	0	–
1931	14	#2,204
1930	5	#4,548
1929	5	#4,568
1928	5	#4,723
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	0	–
1924	0	–
1923	5	#4,966
1922	8	#3,653
1921	0	–
1920	6	#4,396
1919	6	#4,249
1918	5	#4,807
1917	6	#4,081
1916	7	#3,550

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