girl's name
Adhara
ah-DAH-rah
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 2,193
the United States
#370
2025 births
Adhara is a girl's name taken from a star — the second brightest in Canis Major — whose name comes from the Arabic al-adhara, meaning "the maidens". It is one of the newest names in the English-speaking top 1,000.
- Adhara is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 829 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,999 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 2013.
Adhara over time
Births per decade in the United States, 2010s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
Show the numbers
| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2010s | 92 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,062 |
What Adhara means
Adhara means the maidens or the virgins, from the Arabic. The plural is original: the name belonged to a group of stars before it settled on the brightest of them.
Where Adhara comes from
Adhara names Epsilon Canis Majoris, from the Arabic al-adhara, the maidens, part of a group of stars Arab astronomers named together — the plural survives even though the name now attaches to one. A very large share of star names in use today are Arabic, because Arabic astronomy preserved and extended Greek work through centuries when Europe did not, and names like Altair, Betelgeuse, Rigel and Deneb all arrived in European use the same way. As a given name Adhara is extremely recent, appearing in our records from 2013, and its use is concentrated in Spanish-speaking families.
Adhara in use
Adhara first appears in our records in 2013 and reached its highest recorded use in 2025 — among the newest names in the English-speaking top 1,000.
How popular is Adhara?
In 2025, Adhara was given to 829 babies in the United States, ranking #370 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Adhara is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Adhara
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Adhara also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adhara over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Adhara
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Adhara in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Adara
Sibling names for Adhara
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adhara — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Adhara
What does the name Adhara mean?
The maidens, from the Arabic al-adhara. It names the second brightest star in Canis Major.
Why are so many star names Arabic?
Arabic astronomy preserved and extended Greek work for centuries, and the names came into European use with the science — Altair, Rigel and Betelgeuse among them.
How new is the name Adhara?
It first appears in the birth records we hold in 2013.
How popular is the name Adhara?
In 2025, Adhara was given to 829 babies in the United States, ranking #370 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Adhara a girl's or a boy's name?
Adhara is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Adhara most popular?
Adhara peaked in 2025, when 829 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Adhara?
Adhara is usually shortened to Ada.
Is Adhara a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adhara currently ranks #370 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.