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 2010
Top girls' names in 2010
Top boys' names in 2010
More about 2010
girls
1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 197,511 of them was named Adel, which outranked 43.3% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,451Zyanah10
- #10,451Zyaria10
- #10,451Zylie10
- #11,246Adel9
- #11,246Aaisha9
- #11,246Aala9
- #11,246Aalaysia9
- #12,276Aamari8
- #12,276Aaria8
- #12,276Aarini8
Tied with 1,029 names at #11,246; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,918,676 boys got a published name in 2010; 1 in 46,797 of them was named Adel, which outranked 79.9% of the 14,270 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,826Wilbert42
- #2,826Yisrael42
- #2,826Ziyad42
- #2,874Adel41
- #2,874Abisai41
- #2,874Atharva41
- #2,874Bodey41
- #2,914Adien40
- #2,914Alaric40
- #2,914Amadeus40
Tied with 39 names at #2,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.