Adira
Feminine · Hebrew roots · “mighty”
Adira comes from one of the oldest words in Hebrew for something mighty — the word the Song of the Sea uses for deep water. It is short, fully phonetic, and built from sounds English already handles easily, which is why it reads clearly on a first meeting despite being unfamiliar to most American ears.
How old is the name Adira?
Adira first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Adira is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,900 people named Adira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adira most popular?
Adira peaked in 2019, reaching #1307 nationally. Today it ranks #1406, 99 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adir (Hebrew adjective, 'mighty') to Adira
The story of Adira
The root is the Hebrew adjective adir, 'mighty' or 'majestic' — the word behind the 'mighty waters' of the Song of the Sea in Exodus and the 'mightier than the breakers of the sea' of the Psalms. For most of its life it was a word rather than a name; the masculine Adir and feminine Adira came into use as given names in modern Hebrew, and traveled with Hebrew naming into Jewish communities elsewhere. Its arrival in American records is genuinely recent, and it has held a small, even place ever since rather than spiking and fading. The strongest footholds are in California, New York and Texas.
Meaning
mighty, strong, majestic
Adira is the feminine of the Hebrew adjective adir, used in the Hebrew Bible of mighty waters, of nobles, and of God.
How the name formed
- adirHebrew adjective, 'mighty'
- Adir
- Adira
Related forms: אַדִּירָה · Adir · Adeera
Pronouncing Adira
uh-DEER-uh
Modern Hebrew stresses the last syllable: ah-dee-RAH. Both are in real use, so it is worth deciding which one your family will say and repeating it early.
Nicknames for Adira
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1993
- Most girls named
- 2019175 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1307reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- −7.2%155 in 2025, from 167
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Adira in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- אַדִּירָה in Hebrew — transliteration
- Adir in Hebrew (masculine) — related form
- Adeera in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Adiras among us
people named Adira are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 10,369 born in 2025 was named Adira
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Wylene test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adira's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Wylene climbed just as high around 1935, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Wylene's path sketches the road Adira is walking now.
Adira sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Adira is headed
Adira should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Adira beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adira in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Spelled exactly as it sounds — three plain syllables, no silent letters, nothing a reader has to guess at.
- A documented Hebrew word behind it, with a meaning parents can state in two words.
- Ready-made short forms in two languages: Addie in English, Adi in Hebrew.
- Works in Hebrew-speaking and English-speaking settings without changing shape or spelling.
- Amira, Adara and Adia sit very close to it in sound, and Adira will sometimes be heard or written as one of them. Expect a fair amount of gentle correcting.
- The stress is genuinely unsettled between the English uh-DEER-uh and the Hebrew ah-dee-RAH, so people who have met the name before may say it differently than you do.
- Its American record is short, so most people will be meeting the name for the first time — no shared reference point, but also no one else's Adira to be compared with.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adiras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Adira are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adira in 2025?
- Adira ranks #1406 among US girl names in 2025, with 155 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adira?
- About 1 in every 10,369 US girls born in 2025 was named Adira — 155 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adira with classmates?
- Adira will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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