Girl’s name · English

Adore

How to say it: uh-DOR · /əˈdɔr/

From English word 'adore' meaning to love deeply, from Latin 'adorare' - rare modern virtue-style name.

Adore was the 1,390th most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 113 babies (Social Security Administration). The 2020s are its busiest decade so far, its births are up 2.9-fold in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #1,022 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · How we compute these figures

#1,390for girls in 2025
1 in 29,339US babies
113born in 2025
#1,022projected for 2030
2020sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Adore
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#1,390
Babies born in 2025113
Share of births1 in 29,339
Peak decade2020s
Change over 10 years×2.9
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#1,022

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Adore is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 73 per million births, 2020s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Addie
  • Dori

Honouring a Adore in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Adore is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in English, French.

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