Adhara
Meaning
from Arabic ʿadhārā, 'maidens': the name of the second-brightest star of Canis Major, formally approved by astronomers in 2016; the Dominican Republic's most-registered girls' name of 2025, with a fast-rising US record as well
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adhara peaked in the 2020s.
See Adhara in official records · Spain, Mexico City, Argentina and Puerto Rico
Spain
1,174 residents · #1,353 among women · mean age 6.5
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart.
Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City, not national
34 registrations in 2022 · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations in the city that year
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (3 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial.
Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Argentina
562 newborns given the name in 2024 · charted as share per 10,000 name registrations that year
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published.
Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Puerto Rico
207 babies named Adhara born since 1998 · charted as share per 10,000 births on record that year
First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)
The Adhara deep dive
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