Adar

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Adar: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Adar: Recorded since 2005, it reached #2,126 in 2009, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#2126highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2007

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2007	#5201

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #2126 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Adar appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 77 births with the name.

Adar across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Adar's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2418 (2005)	#2126 (2009)	#3688 (2024)	16 of 20	77 (2005–2024)	9 (2009)
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#4798 (2005)	#5201 (2007)	2 of 3	6 (2005–2007)	3 (2005)

Adar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Adar in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000sbusiest	29	5 of 10	6
2010s	37	8 of 10	5
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Adar appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2126 in England and Wales in 2009.

Adar's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2734	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,126, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Azam · #2126, 18y
Jian · #2126, 21y
Mansour · #2126, 19y
Abdul-Kareem · #2125, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Mansour · #2126, 19y
Araz · #2125, 14y
Krishav · #2125, 11y
Leandros · #2125, 10y

Adar and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Adar without appearing here.

Adar moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Aria Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3451 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Adar

Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3959 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2228.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #1786.
Anders Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2734 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3959 and #2259.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2418 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.

Moved the opposite way to Adar

Albie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 while Albie went from #426 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 while Alfred went from #166 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 while Archie went from #38 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 while Arlo went from #766 to #15.

Moved the same way as Adar

Aaron Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 and Aaron from #45 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 and Alan from #241 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 and Alex from #53 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adar went from #2418 to #3688 and Alexander from #22 to #36.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2126 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adar

Adar at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adar across 2 official records

Adar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Adar appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Adar and the names beside it

Adar moved ahead of

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Adar at a glance

Adar across 2 official records

Adar by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Adar appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Adar and the names beside it

Adar moved ahead of

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