Adela

#1,150 for girls in 2025, 201 births

Peak · girls
#446
1882 · 17 births
Debut · girls
1880
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,105
since 1880

Adela over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adela has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946peak #446, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#1,150201
2024#1,098224
2023#1,129215
2022#1,114222
2021#1,187205
2020#1,165200
2019#1,209193
2018#1,237188
2017#1,282184
2016#1,217202
2015#1,124227
2014#1,291184
2013#1,148209
2012#1,167210
2011#1,469152
2010#1,658128
2009#1,420165
2008#1,539150
2007#1,579143
2006#1,546141
2005#1,432149
2004#1,614120
2003#1,612119
2002#1,418135
2001#1,560119
2000#1,456126
1999#1,525112
1998#1,212152
1997#1,514107
1996#1,61595
1995#1,56297
1994#1,476107
1993#1,57797
1992#1,74085
1991#1,492105
1990#1,60593
1989#1,62985
1988#2,05157
1987#1,67872
1986#1,58875
1985#1,80962
1984#1,72663
1983#1,60869
1982#1,75563
1981#1,49081
1980#1,52877
1979#1,42086
1978#1,47377
1977#1,48374
1976#1,34380
1975#1,45970
1974#1,26885
1973#1,31277
1972#1,36473
1971#1,38976
1970#1,20194
1969#1,33872
1968#1,32470
1967#1,37264
1966#1,20979
1965#1,09791
1964#1,091100
1963#1,026108
1962#1,038108
1961#1,095100
1960#1,020111
1959#1,036105
1958#1,018104
1957#936121
1956#885127
1955#890120
1954#865121
1953#809129
1952#897106
1951#794125
1950#785122
1949#835111
1948#700142
1947#797119
1946#732122
1945#712110
1944#762100
1943#92271
1942#78095
1941#75190
1940#77283
1939#76679
1938#82174
1937#91057
1936#80071
1935#72386
1934#81568
1933#74578
1932#670101
1931#74881
1930#655110
1929#683105
1928#666110
1927#659118
1926#690111
1925#693113
1924#656130
1923#674121
1922#661120
1921#573157
1920#565161
1919#562151
1918#554163
1917#572138
1916#533154
1915#607116
1914#67674
1913#66761
1912#60865
1911#52263
1910#55055
1909#54149
1908#64935
1907#60138
1906#51544
1905#57936
1904#51141
1903#62828
1902#57133
1901#51335
1900#55638
1899#49036
1898#49139
1897#55429
1896#57628
1895#49934
1894#47535
1893#47332
1892#57923
1891#48328
1890#54823
1889#45429
1888#54821
1887#53717
1886#8288
1885#60813
1884#64011
1883#49915
1882#44617
1881#6797
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adela was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.

See more about Adela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 52 spots since 2024 (#1,098 → #1,150)
  • 15 spots since 2020 (#1,165 → #1,150)
  • 26 spots since 2015 (#1,124 → #1,150)
  • Biggest jump: 291 spots in 1887 (#828 → #537)
  • Biggest drop: 220 spots in 1886 (#608 → #828)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #446 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,151
  • Highest: 1 in 6,151 girls born in 1889 were named Adela (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,996 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #446 in 1882, was only 1 in 6,344 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 13.3% of all girls named Adela (1,877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s147#446 (1882)#582
1890s307#473 (1893)#517
1900s377#511 (1904)#566
1910s1,040#522 (1911)#585
1920s1,246#565 (1920)#652
1930s805#655 (1930)#765
1940s1,043#700 (1948)#776
1950s1,180#785 (1950)#892
1960s903#1,020 (1960)#1,161
1970s792#1,201 (1970)#1,371
1980s704#1,490 (1981)#1,686
1990s1,050#1,212 (1998)#1,532
2000s1,367#1,418 (2002)#1,518
2010s1,877#1,124 (2015)#1,280
2020s1,267#1,098 (2024)#1,141

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Adela in 1946

girls
#732
122 births · 1 in 12,880 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #732Adela122
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 12,880 of them was named Adela, which outranked 87.1% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adela
  1. #728Nannie123
  2. #728Olive123
  3. #728Suzann123
  4. #732Adela122
  5. #732Benita122
  6. #732Georgina122
  7. #732Lea122
  8. #741Deirdre121
  9. #741Juana121
  10. #743Cheryll120

Tied with 8 names at #732; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1946 →