Adela
#1,150 for girls in 2025, 201 births
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 14,105since 1880
Adela over time
Rank among girls' names. Adela has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,150 | 201 |
| 2024 | #1,098 | 224 |
| 2023 | #1,129 | 215 |
| 2022 | #1,114 | 222 |
| 2021 | #1,187 | 205 |
| 2020 | #1,165 | 200 |
| 2019 | #1,209 | 193 |
| 2018 | #1,237 | 188 |
| 2017 | #1,282 | 184 |
| 2016 | #1,217 | 202 |
| 2015 | #1,124 | 227 |
| 2014 | #1,291 | 184 |
| 2013 | #1,148 | 209 |
| 2012 | #1,167 | 210 |
| 2011 | #1,469 | 152 |
| 2010 | #1,658 | 128 |
| 2009 | #1,420 | 165 |
| 2008 | #1,539 | 150 |
| 2007 | #1,579 | 143 |
| 2006 | #1,546 | 141 |
| 2005 | #1,432 | 149 |
| 2004 | #1,614 | 120 |
| 2003 | #1,612 | 119 |
| 2002 | #1,418 | 135 |
| 2001 | #1,560 | 119 |
| 2000 | #1,456 | 126 |
| 1999 | #1,525 | 112 |
| 1998 | #1,212 | 152 |
| 1997 | #1,514 | 107 |
| 1996 | #1,615 | 95 |
| 1995 | #1,562 | 97 |
| 1994 | #1,476 | 107 |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 97 |
| 1992 | #1,740 | 85 |
| 1991 | #1,492 | 105 |
| 1990 | #1,605 | 93 |
| 1989 | #1,629 | 85 |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 |
| 1982 | #1,755 | 63 |
| 1981 | #1,490 | 81 |
| 1980 | #1,528 | 77 |
| 1979 | #1,420 | 86 |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 |
| 1977 | #1,483 | 74 |
| 1976 | #1,343 | 80 |
| 1975 | #1,459 | 70 |
| 1974 | #1,268 | 85 |
| 1973 | #1,312 | 77 |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 73 |
| 1971 | #1,389 | 76 |
| 1970 | #1,201 | 94 |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 |
| 1968 | #1,324 | 70 |
| 1967 | #1,372 | 64 |
| 1966 | #1,209 | 79 |
| 1965 | #1,097 | 91 |
| 1964 | #1,091 | 100 |
| 1963 | #1,026 | 108 |
| 1962 | #1,038 | 108 |
| 1961 | #1,095 | 100 |
| 1960 | #1,020 | 111 |
| 1959 | #1,036 | 105 |
| 1958 | #1,018 | 104 |
| 1957 | #936 | 121 |
| 1956 | #885 | 127 |
| 1955 | #890 | 120 |
| 1954 | #865 | 121 |
| 1953 | #809 | 129 |
| 1952 | #897 | 106 |
| 1951 | #794 | 125 |
| 1950 | #785 | 122 |
| 1949 | #835 | 111 |
| 1948 | #700 | 142 |
| 1947 | #797 | 119 |
| 1946 | #732 | 122 |
| 1945 | #712 | 110 |
| 1944 | #762 | 100 |
| 1943 | #922 | 71 |
| 1942 | #780 | 95 |
| 1941 | #751 | 90 |
| 1940 | #772 | 83 |
| 1939 | #766 | 79 |
| 1938 | #821 | 74 |
| 1937 | #910 | 57 |
| 1936 | #800 | 71 |
| 1935 | #723 | 86 |
| 1934 | #815 | 68 |
| 1933 | #745 | 78 |
| 1932 | #670 | 101 |
| 1931 | #748 | 81 |
| 1930 | #655 | 110 |
| 1929 | #683 | 105 |
| 1928 | #666 | 110 |
| 1927 | #659 | 118 |
| 1926 | #690 | 111 |
| 1925 | #693 | 113 |
| 1924 | #656 | 130 |
| 1923 | #674 | 121 |
| 1922 | #661 | 120 |
| 1921 | #573 | 157 |
| 1920 | #565 | 161 |
| 1919 | #562 | 151 |
| 1918 | #554 | 163 |
| 1917 | #572 | 138 |
| 1916 | #533 | 154 |
| 1915 | #607 | 116 |
| 1914 | #676 | 74 |
| 1913 | #667 | 61 |
| 1912 | #608 | 65 |
| 1911 | #522 | 63 |
| 1910 | #550 | 55 |
| 1909 | #541 | 49 |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 |
| 1907 | #601 | 38 |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 |
| 1905 | #579 | 36 |
| 1904 | #511 | 41 |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 |
| 1902 | #571 | 33 |
| 1901 | #513 | 35 |
| 1900 | #556 | 38 |
| 1899 | #490 | 36 |
| 1898 | #491 | 39 |
| 1897 | #554 | 29 |
| 1896 | #576 | 28 |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 |
| 1894 | #475 | 35 |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 |
| 1892 | #579 | 23 |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 |
| 1890 | #548 | 23 |
| 1889 | #454 | 29 |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 |
| 1887 | #537 | 17 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 |
| 1885 | #608 | 13 |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | #499 | 15 |
| 1882 | #446 | 17 |
| 1881 | #679 | 7 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 |
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.
Where Adela is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#689 · 1 in 3,918
- Michigan#827 · 1 in 4,674
- North Carolina#847 · 1 in 4,531
- Wisconsin#867 · 1 in 4,660
- Illinois#915 · 1 in 5,239
Best ever in a state: #30 in New Mexico, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #689 | 52 | 1 in 3,918 |
| Michigan | #827 | 9 | 1 in 4,674 |
| North Carolina | #847 | 10 | 1 in 4,531 |
| Wisconsin | #867 | 5 | 1 in 4,660 |
| Illinois | #915 | 11 | 1 in 5,239 |
| Arizona | #959 | 6 | 1 in 5,157 |
| Texas | #1,040 | 26 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Indiana | #1,058 | 5 | 1 in 6,059 |
| Washington | #1,100 | 5 | 1 in 6,429 |
| Virginia | #1,200 | 5 | 1 in 7,428 |
| New York | #1,265 | 11 | 1 in 8,167 |
| Florida | #1,813 | 6 | 1 in 14,451 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Adela
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #446 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
- 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
- 13.3% of all girls named Adela (1,877) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 147 | #446 (1882) | #582 |
| 1890s | 307 | #473 (1893) | #517 |
| 1900s | 377 | #511 (1904) | #566 |
| 1910s | 1,040 | #522 (1911) | #585 |
| 1920s | 1,246 | #565 (1920) | #652 |
| 1930s | 805 | #655 (1930) | #765 |
| 1940s | 1,043 | #700 (1948) | #776 |
| 1950s | 1,180 | #785 (1950) | #892 |
| 1960s | 903 | #1,020 (1960) | #1,161 |
| 1970s | 792 | #1,201 (1970) | #1,371 |
| 1980s | 704 | #1,490 (1981) | #1,686 |
| 1990s | 1,050 | #1,212 (1998) | #1,532 |
| 2000s | 1,367 | #1,418 (2002) | #1,518 |
| 2010s | 1,877 | #1,124 (2015) | #1,280 |
| 2020s | 1,267 | #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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 8,772 of them was named Adela, which outranked 93.6% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,214Carleigh203
- #1,214Harlyn203
- #1,214Marian203
- #1,217Adela202
- #1,217Annette202
- #1,217Coral202
- #1,217Kamille202
- #1,224Kaycee201
- #1,224Milah201
- #1,224Nahla201
Tied with 6 names at #1,217; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.