Adel
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to boys 50.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1992 · 35 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,508since 1914
Adel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 | #4,707 | 21 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #3,228 | 37 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #3,412 | 34 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #3,651 | 30 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #3,074 | 37 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #3,201 | 36 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 | #2,848 | 42 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #3,006 | 39 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #2,993 | 39 |
| 2015 | #5,458 | 24 | #2,864 | 41 |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | #2,805 | 42 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #3,582 | 29 |
| 2012 | #5,557 | 24 | #2,954 | 39 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #2,904 | 40 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 | #2,874 | 41 |
| 2009 | #5,537 | 25 | #3,274 | 34 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #2,946 | 40 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #2,442 | 52 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #2,653 | 41 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | #2,847 | 34 |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #2,864 | 31 |
| 1999 | — | #2,865 | 29 | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | #2,449 | 33 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | #2,951 | 24 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #2,347 | 32 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #2,174 | 35 |
| 1991 | — | #2,606 | 26 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,166 | 19 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #2,989 | 20 |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #2,559 | 21 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #3,071 | 14 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,225 | 13 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,785 | 23 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,668 | 26 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,889 | 21 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #1,605 | 23 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #1,528 | 15 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | — | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Adel! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Adel
- 1,546 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #4,707)
- 1,633 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #4,707)
- 1,843 spots since 2015 (#2,864 → #4,707)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1992 at #2,174 (35 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 39,912 boys born in 2007 were named Adel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,174 in 1992, was only 1 in 57,069 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 26.0% of all boys named Adel (392) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,264 (1914) | #3,722 |
| 1920s | 6 | #3,815 (1920) | #3,815 |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,592 (1930) | #3,684 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,430 (1944) | #3,430 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 24 | #3,305 (1962) | #3,722 |
| 1970s | 43 | #2,897 (1979) | #4,101 |
| 1980s | 149 | #2,232 (1984) | #3,356 |
| 1990s | 283 | #2,174 (1992) | #2,668 |
| 2000s | 392 | #2,398 (2006) | #2,751 |
| 2010s | 388 | #2,805 (2014) | #3,003 |
| 2020s | 197 | #3,074 (2020) | #3,539 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adel in 1995
Top girls' names in 1995
Top boys' names in 1995
More about 1995
girls
1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 293,091 of them was named Adel, which outranked 25.2% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,514Zola7
- #10,514Zoraya7
- #10,514Zyaire7
- #11,783Adel6
- #11,783Aailyah6
- #11,783Aalliyah6
- #11,783Aanisah6
- #13,386Aailiyah5
- #13,386Aalia5
- #13,386Aalijah5
Tied with 1,602 names at #11,783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 63,457 of them was named Adel, which outranked 75.8% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,444Vinay31
- #2,444Young31
- #2,444Zachory31
- #2,500Adel30
- #2,500Abdallah30
- #2,500Adil30
- #2,500Aldair30
- #2,556Alexandros29
- #2,556Andrae29
- #2,556Armondo29
Tied with 55 names at #2,500; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.