Adele
#751 for girls in 2025, 362 births · Last seen for boys in 1918 at #3,728
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 709 births
- Debut · girls
- 41 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 42,362since 1880
Adele over time
Rank among girls' names. Adele has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #751 | 362 | — | |
| 2024 | #797 | 353 | — | |
| 2023 | #825 | 334 | — | |
| 2022 | #815 | 344 | — | |
| 2021 | #816 | 340 | — | |
| 2020 | #791 | 344 | — | |
| 2019 | #760 | 368 | — | |
| 2018 | #905 | 297 | — | |
| 2017 | #791 | 347 | — | |
| 2016 | #664 | 443 | — | |
| 2015 | #645 | 444 | — | |
| 2014 | #764 | 366 | — | |
| 2013 | #634 | 443 | — | |
| 2012 | #536 | 564 | — | |
| 2011 | #625 | 462 | — | |
| 2010 | #909 | 287 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,079 | 236 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,495 | 156 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,544 | 148 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,833 | 111 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,704 | 116 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,726 | 112 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,652 | 116 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,955 | 90 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,750 | 102 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,827 | 94 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,667 | 99 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,707 | 91 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 91 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,649 | 91 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,928 | 72 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,531 | 83 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,602 | 74 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,604 | 74 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,362 | 87 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,315 | 96 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,283 | 99 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,131 | 112 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,172 | 97 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,133 | 102 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,088 | 105 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,116 | 99 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,103 | 108 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,126 | 104 | — | |
| 1969 | #932 | 130 | — | |
| 1968 | #984 | 112 | — | |
| 1967 | #945 | 116 | — | |
| 1966 | #763 | 165 | — | |
| 1965 | #730 | 186 | — | |
| 1964 | #752 | 191 | — | |
| 1963 | #715 | 204 | — | |
| 1962 | #650 | 241 | — | |
| 1961 | #610 | 275 | — | |
| 1960 | #605 | 272 | — | |
| 1959 | #564 | 301 | — | |
| 1958 | #575 | 294 | — | |
| 1957 | #540 | 315 | — | |
| 1956 | #491 | 362 | — | |
| 1955 | #464 | 382 | — | |
| 1954 | #424 | 423 | — | |
| 1953 | #406 | 443 | — | |
| 1952 | #377 | 477 | — | |
| 1951 | #394 | 433 | — | |
| 1950 | #390 | 433 | — | |
| 1949 | #375 | 440 | — | |
| 1948 | #360 | 470 | — | |
| 1947 | #381 | 435 | — | |
| 1946 | #381 | 399 | — | |
| 1945 | #392 | 330 | — | |
| 1944 | #387 | 332 | — | |
| 1943 | #377 | 367 | — | |
| 1942 | #378 | 355 | — | |
| 1941 | #388 | 313 | — | |
| 1940 | #366 | 322 | — | |
| 1939 | #374 | 309 | — | |
| 1938 | #328 | 370 | — | |
| 1937 | #320 | 372 | — | |
| 1936 | #325 | 359 | — | |
| 1935 | #331 | 365 | — | |
| 1934 | #314 | 396 | — | |
| 1933 | #330 | 362 | — | |
| 1932 | #282 | 486 | — | |
| 1931 | #279 | 499 | — | |
| 1930 | #266 | 558 | — | |
| 1929 | #272 | 555 | — | |
| 1928 | #254 | 637 | — | |
| 1927 | #244 | 713 | — | |
| 1926 | #252 | 682 | — | |
| 1925 | #243 | 738 | — | |
| 1924 | #232 | 812 | — | |
| 1923 | #231 | 789 | — | |
| 1922 | #217 | 900 | — | |
| 1921 | #215 | 890 | — | |
| 1920 | #206 | 944 | — | |
| 1919 | #211 | 886 | — | |
| 1918 | #191 | 1,030 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #192 | 960 | — | |
| 1916 | #198 | 902 | — | |
| 1915 | #188 | 897 | — | |
| 1914 | #187 | 709 | — | |
| 1913 | #210 | 492 | — | |
| 1912 | #220 | 418 | — | |
| 1911 | #228 | 298 | — | |
| 1910 | #224 | 288 | — | |
| 1909 | #220 | 257 | — | |
| 1908 | #250 | 192 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #247 | 191 | — | |
| 1906 | #220 | 199 | — | |
| 1905 | #221 | 200 | — | |
| 1904 | #243 | 163 | — | |
| 1903 | #232 | 164 | — | |
| 1902 | #230 | 172 | — | |
| 1901 | #233 | 157 | — | |
| 1900 | #230 | 186 | — | |
| 1899 | #213 | 164 | — | |
| 1898 | #229 | 165 | — | |
| 1897 | #202 | 187 | — | |
| 1896 | #223 | 152 | — | |
| 1895 | #210 | 166 | — | |
| 1894 | #217 | 151 | — | |
| 1893 | #214 | 144 | — | |
| 1892 | #235 | 123 | — | |
| 1891 | #227 | 113 | — | |
| 1890 | #208 | 133 | — | |
| 1889 | #215 | 115 | — | |
| 1888 | #213 | 116 | — | |
| 1887 | #237 | 80 | — | |
| 1886 | #232 | 79 | — | |
| 1885 | #236 | 71 | — | |
| 1884 | #229 | 71 | — | |
| 1883 | #214 | 68 | — | |
| 1882 | #208 | 64 | — | |
| 1881 | #240 | 43 | — | |
| 1880 | #240 | 41 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adele was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 44 girls a year got the name.
See more about Adele
- 46 spots since 2024 (#797 → #751)
- 40 spots since 2020 (#791 → #751)
- 106 spots since 2015 (#645 → #751)
- Biggest jump: 284 spots in 2011 (#909 → #625)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1970 (#932 → #1,126)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #187 (709 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 1,074 girls born in 1914 were named Adele (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,440 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 18.1% of all girls named Adele (7,660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 748 | #208 (1882) | #226 |
| 1890s | 1,498 | #202 (1897) | #218 |
| 1900s | 1,881 | #220 (1909) | #233 |
| 1910s | 6,880 | #187 (1914) | #205 |
| 1920s | 7,660 | #206 (1920) | #237 |
| 1930s | 4,076 | #266 (1930) | #315 |
| 1940s | 3,763 | #360 (1948) | #379 |
| 1950s | 3,863 | #377 (1952) | #463 |
| 1960s | 1,892 | #605 (1960) | #769 |
| 1970s | 1,006 | #1,088 (1973) | #1,175 |
| 1980s | 846 | #1,252 (1983) | #1,484 |
| 1990s | 870 | #1,617 (1990) | #1,731 |
| 2000s | 1,281 | #1,079 (2009) | #1,657 |
| 2010s | 4,021 | #536 (2012) | #723 |
| 2020s | 2,077 | #751 (2025) | #799 |
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.
Adele in 1908
Top girls' names in 1908
Top boys' names in 1908
More about 1908
girls
334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 1,741 of them was named Adele, which outranked 89.7% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 30,867 of them was named Adele, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 211 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.