Adra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-druh
- Origin
- Modern
Adra is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Adra come from?
Modern: short name, perhaps from Adriana
Is Adra a girl's or a boy's name?
Adra is a girls' name.
How popular is Adra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Adra in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,368 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,951 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
Names like Adra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anna, Alma, Ada, Emma, Nina, Stella, Lena, Eva, Ella, Annie, Clara, Alice
Names related to Adra
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Adra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adra, updated 20 October 2026.