Adonna vs Adora
American parents have registered 2,373 Adoras since 1880, against 623 Adonnas. Adora is still ahead, with 78 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Adonna Adora
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 101 years in which either name was published, Adora for 71 years and Adonna for 30 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1916–1929 Adora ahead
- 1932–1970 Adonna ahead, apart from 2 short spells
- 1971–2025 Adora ahead, apart from one short spell
13 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Adonna | Adora | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 623 | 2,373 |
| Most in one year | 22 | 106 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 78 |
| Estimated living today | 500 | 2,200 |
| Median age today | 58 | 17 |
| Peak year | 1953 | 2021 |
| Best rank | 2,236th girls | 1,871st girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 2,326th |
| First recorded | 1923 | 1916 |
| Girls / boys | 623 / 0 | 2,373 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Adonnas alive today are over 58; half the Adoras are over 17. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Adonna and Adora.