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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Adore

Adore was the 1777th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 113 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1612th with 131 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,294 places. More babies were named Adore in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#1,777 girls, up 228 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
113girls
Girls and boys
93% girls, 7% boys2021–2025
Peak year
2022131 babies
Total since 1880
1,181babies recorded

Adore popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#1,777#6,45611313
2020#2,005#12,065935
2010#10,468—10—
2000#15,068—5—
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How popular is Adore, counting every spelling?

Adore has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,609 for girls in 2025, against #1,777 on the official list.

How many kids will share the name Adore?

113 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adore (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Adore born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 74 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adore.

Chance of another Adore in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inSouth Carolinaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Adore?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Adore are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Adore a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Adore by state

How common Adore was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (2.6×), Illinois (2.5×), Ohio (1.6×). In 33 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesIL0.19Michigan: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMI0.11New York: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNY0.09Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIN0.04Ohio: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesOH0.12Pennsylvania: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesPA0.10New Jersey: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.07Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMO0.04Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesMD0.15Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNC0.08South Carolina: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesSC0.17District of Columbia: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesDC0.51Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesLA0.07Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesGA0.20Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesFL0.11
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Adore, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Adore: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Adore, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Adore

How popular is the name Adore?

Adore was the 1777th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 113 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1612th with 131 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,294 places. More babies were named Adore in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Adore a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 93% girls, 7% boys given the name Adore in the US.

Where is Adore most popular?

In 2021–2025, Adore was most common in District of Columbia (0.51 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Illinois.