Adar

#12,027 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Adar has been given to 163 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #12,027 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.

Babies named Adar, 2025

1 in 663,000

Adar over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adar over time

In 2025, Adar went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19932025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adar: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and deeper origin uncertain

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adar means

Adar is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Adar is used in Northern Kurdish.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 111 boys were recorded with the name Adar between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,266 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,618 in 2020 to #12,027 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,112 in 2015 to #12,027 in 2025.

In the United States, 52 girls were recorded with the name Adar between 1993 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2019; its best national rank was #12,079 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Adar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,027; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adar was born before 2015 — so the typical Adar is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 35.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 111; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 35.1% of all recorded uses (39).

Is Adar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −3,035; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,409; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +85; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 45.5%; Peak was 2022 (11)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,266; 2022

Spellings of Adar

Adar is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 32.3% against Adar's <0.01%.

Adam32.3%580,378
Alan20.2%363,313
Edgar8.8%157,214
Aidan6.6%118,431
Dan5.9%106,554
Omar5.9%106,438
Amir3.1%55,747
Lamar1.9%33,967

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Adar around the world

Where Adar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2025
#2,952
in 2025
France
1995–2025
#1,356
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Adar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,027
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,409
Best rank ever: #7,266; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 11 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 111
Count in 2025: 5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,079; 1997
Peak year: 2019; 7 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 52
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Adar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Adal Adahir Adama Adael Eldar Adaiah Ada Adalid Adain Adams Adante Haydar Adarsh Adali Adair Kedar Kadar Haidar Adamo Adarryl Khadar Adarian Adae Adarrius

Sibling names for Adar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydni Shyann Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna Keren Kendyl Jacquelin

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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