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

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Peak · girls
1914 · 709 births
Debut · girls
41 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,362
since 1880

Adele over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #187, 1914girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#751362
2024#797353
2023#825334
2022#815344
2021#816340
2020#791344
2019#760368
2018#905297
2017#791347
2016#664443
2015#645444
2014#764366
2013#634443
2012#536564
2011#625462
2010#909287
2009#1,079236
2008#1,495156
2007#1,544148
2006#1,833111
2005#1,704116
2004#1,726112
2003#1,652116
2002#1,95590
2001#1,750102
2000#1,82794
1999#1,66799
1998#1,84583
1997#1,70791
1996#1,84079
1995#1,62691
1994#1,64991
1993#1,75384
1992#1,92872
1991#1,67788
1990#1,61792
1989#1,76976
1988#1,61480
1987#1,53183
1986#1,60274
1985#1,60474
1984#1,36287
1983#1,252100
1982#1,39987
1981#1,31596
1980#1,39689
1979#1,28399
1978#1,47377
1977#1,131112
1976#1,17297
1975#1,127103
1974#1,133102
1973#1,088105
1972#1,11699
1971#1,103108
1970#1,126104
1969#932130
1968#984112
1967#945116
1966#763165
1965#730186
1964#752191
1963#715204
1962#650241
1961#610275
1960#605272
1959#564301
1958#575294
1957#540315
1956#491362
1955#464382
1954#424423
1953#406443
1952#377477
1951#394433
1950#390433
1949#375440
1948#360470
1947#381435
1946#381399
1945#392330
1944#387332
1943#377367
1942#378355
1941#388313
1940#366322
1939#374309
1938#328370
1937#320372
1936#325359
1935#331365
1934#314396
1933#330362
1932#282486
1931#279499
1930#266558
1929#272555
1928#254637
1927#244713
1926#252682
1925#243738
1924#232812
1923#231789
1922#217900
1921#215890
1920#206944
1919#211886
1918#1911,030#3,7286
1917#192960
1916#198902
1915#188897
1914#187709
1913#210492
1912#220418
1911#228298
1910#224288
1909#220257
1908#250192#1,3735
1907#247191
1906#220199
1905#221200
1904#243163
1903#232164
1902#230172
1901#233157
1900#230186
1899#213164
1898#229165
1897#202187
1896#223152
1895#210166
1894#217151
1893#214144
1892#235123
1891#227113
1890#208133
1889#215115
1888#213116
1887#23780
1886#23279
1885#23671
1884#22971
1883#21468
1882#20864
1881#24043
1880#24041
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #187 (709 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 106 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,074
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Adele (7,660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s748#208 (1882)#226
1890s1,498#202 (1897)#218
1900s1,881#220 (1909)#233
1910s6,880#187 (1914)#205
1920s7,660#206 (1920)#237
1930s4,076#266 (1930)#315
1940s3,763#360 (1948)#379
1950s3,863#377 (1952)#463
1960s1,892#605 (1960)#769
1970s1,006#1,088 (1973)#1,175
1980s846#1,252 (1983)#1,484
1990s870#1,617 (1990)#1,731
2000s1,281#1,079 (2009)#1,657
2010s4,021#536 (2012)#723
2020s2,077#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 1918

girls
#191
1,030 births · 1 in 1,124 girls
boys
#3,728
6 births · 1 in 168,913 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #191Adele1,030

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #3,728Adele6
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 1,124 of them was named Adele, which outranked 96.6% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adele
  1. #188Margie1,064
  2. #189Eloise1,063
  3. #190Isabel1,041
  4. #191Adele1,030
  5. #192Freda1,025
  6. #193Goldie1,021
  7. #194Essie1,019
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 168,913 of them was named Adele, which outranked 22.5% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adele
  1. #3,368Yaro7
  2. #3,368Yoshiyuki7
  3. #3,368Zed7
  4. #3,728Adele6
  5. #3,728Ab6
  6. #3,728Abran6
  7. #3,728Acencion6
  8. #4,179Abdon5
  9. #4,179Abelino5
  10. #4,179Abert5

Tied with 450 names at #3,728; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918