Adelaide

#289 for girls in 2025, 1,062 births

Peak · girls
#179
1883 · 85 births
Debut · girls
1880
65 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,007
since 1880

Adelaide over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adelaide has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #179, 1883girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2891,062
2024#2711,161
2023#2861,106
2022#2821,122
2021#2611,192
2020#2721,140
2019#3041,065
2018#2971,118
2017#2771,163
2016#2551,240
2015#2721,163
2014#3171,050
2013#3201,020
2012#346920
2011#408775
2010#434711
2009#571535
2008#551558
2007#713410
2006#926285
2005#901278
2004#1,086211
2003#1,254167
2002#1,179174
2001#1,213167
2000#1,387134
1999#1,492115
1998#1,557106
1997#1,70791
1996#1,80681
1995#2,15562
1994#1,86276
1993#2,32255
1992#2,54849
1991#2,55048
1990#2,79941
1989#3,47729
1988#2,70039
1987#2,85234
1986#2,97331
1985#3,00830
1984#3,14427
1983#2,59534
1982#3,34425
1981#4,16218
1980#3,99219
1979#3,14726
1978#3,28323
1977#3,26723
1976#4,36314
1975#3,77417
1974#3,86316
1973#5,5809
1972#4,30013
1971#4,31113
1970#4,03814
1969#3,46116
1968#3,16917
1967#2,37626
1966#2,75220
1965#2,93818
1964#2,53024
1963#2,36426
1962#2,07332
1961#2,25028
1960#1,88736
1959#1,76539
1958#1,90833
1957#1,58846
1956#1,52049
1955#1,53744
1954#1,34455
1953#1,33253
1952#1,25657
1951#1,21558
1950#1,15364
1949#1,12165
1948#95084
1947#98480
1946#1,04266
1945#92567
1944#88175
1943#725113
1942#78095
1941#669111
1940#660110
1939#69397
1938#635117
1937#646110
1936#586128
1935#646102
1934#544139
1933#594118
1932#576130
1931#543148
1930#465209
1929#444220
1928#438240
1927#409281
1926#409275
1925#391308
1924#376330
1923#343368
1922#320414
1921#312437
1920#299471
1919#286489
1918#286486
1917#268537
1916#280449
1915#262502
1914#259396
1913#257321
1912#258299
1911#259223
1910#270206
1909#254198
1908#273167
1907#285150
1906#266154
1905#291130
1904#288123
1903#256144
1902#256151
1901#238147
1900#233183
1899#229144
1898#242148
1897#233142
1896#245130
1895#230142
1894#228136
1893#214144
1892#248112
1891#221119
1890#242102
1889#227105
1888#23398
1887#197104
1886#20494
1885#19494
1884#18198
1883#17985
1882#18674
1881#19262
1880#18665
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adelaide was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 65 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.

See more about Adelaide
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#271 → #289)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#272 → #289)
  • 17 spots since 2015 (#272 → #289)
  • Biggest jump: 213 spots in 2007 (#926 → #713)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1949 (#950 → #1,121)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #179 (85 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 75 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,317
  • Highest: 1 in 1,317 girls born in 1884 were named Adelaide (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,513 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #179 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,321 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Adelaide (10,225) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #179 (1883) → #5,580 (1973) → #255 (2016)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s879#179 (1883)#198
1890s1,319#214 (1893)#233
1900s1,547#233 (1900)#264
1910s3,908#257 (1913)#269
1920s3,344#299 (1920)#374
1930s1,298#465 (1930)#593
1940s866#660 (1940)#874
1950s498#1,153 (1950)#1,462
1960s243#1,887 (1960)#2,580
1970s168#3,147 (1979)#3,993
1980s286#2,595 (1983)#3,225
1990s724#1,492 (1999)#2,080
2000s2,919#551 (2008)#978
2010s10,225#255 (2016)#323
2020s6,783#261 (2021)#277

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.

Adelaide in 2002

girls
#1,179
174 births · 1 in 10,327 girls

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #1,179Adelaide174
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 10,327 of them was named Adelaide, which outranked 93.5% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adelaide
  1. #1,175Gemma175
  2. #1,175Kalie175
  3. #1,175Kylah175
  4. #1,179Adelaide174
  5. #1,179Ashlie174
  6. #1,179Chantal174
  7. #1,179Janette174
  8. #1,185Alliyah173
  9. #1,185Cielo173
  10. #1,185Danica173

Tied with 5 names at #1,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →