unisex name

Admire

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 209

France

#730

1912 births

Admire is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 76% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2020, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2006.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Admire over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Admire by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 23
2010s 79
2020s (to 2025) 102

How popular is Admire?

In 2025, Admire was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Admire is used

France #730 5 in 1912
United States #7,604 14 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

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 Admire

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Admire also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Admire over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Admire

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Admire — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Admire

How popular is the name Admire?

In 2025, Admire was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Admire a girl's or a boy's name?

Admire is used for both girls and boys. About 76% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Admire?

Admire has 2 syllables.

When was Admire most popular?

Admire peaked in 2020, when 22 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Admire a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Admire currently ranks #7,604 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.