Adara

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Adara: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #856, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#856highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#2407
2000	#2746
2001	#2466
2002	#2540
2004	#3725
2005	#2970
2006	#3548
2007	#3667
2009	#3422
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2013	#2649
2015	#5730
2016	#4096
2017	#2201
2018	#3178
2019	#4001
2020	#3447
2021	#3192
2022	#2325
2023	#2201
2024	#3015

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2201 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Adara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Adara in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	43	8 of 10	5
2010s	48	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	44	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

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

Adara appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #856 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Adara'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	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2325	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2746	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #856, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 12 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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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Adas · #346, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Aryanna · #856, 18y
Asra · #856, 25y
Bruna · #856, 23y
Dea · #856, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Asra · #856, 25y
Dea · #856, 26y
Israa · #856, 26y
Kinsley · #856, 13y

Adara was ranked #856 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Adara 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 Adara without appearing here.

Adara moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #5765.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #4763.
Finn Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5730 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #4763.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3192 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Adara

Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #3725 and #1836.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1711.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Adara

Kristin Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Adara went from #3824 to #2201 while Kristin went from #1176 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Adara went from #3824 to #2201 while Therese went from #3174 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1997 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Adara went from #3824 to #2201 while Tracey went from #1450 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Adara

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adara went from #5707 to #3015 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.
Arlo Compare
Between 2015 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adara went from #5730 to #3015 and Arlo from #5730 to #1894.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #856 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adara

Adara at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Adara at a glance

Adara by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Adara moved ahead of

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