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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #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.

Where Adele is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNHWashington: #247 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,927 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #301 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,243 girlsMNIllinois: #289 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,961 girlsILWisconsin: #307 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,031 girlsWIMichigan: #364 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,859 girlsMINew York: #193 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsNYMassachusetts: #164 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,469 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedINOhio: #396 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,270 girlsOHPennsylvania: #239 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,143 girlsPANew Jersey: #132 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 738 girlsNJConnecticut: #168 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,331 girlsCTCalifornia: #268 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #329 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,127 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedHITexas: #881 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,020 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#132 · 1 in 738
  2. Massachusetts#164 · 1 in 1,469
  3. Connecticut#168 · 1 in 1,331
  4. New York#193 · 1 in 1,359
  5. Pennsylvania#239 · 1 in 2,143

Best ever in a state: #18 in Nevada, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#132351 in 738
Massachusetts#164201 in 1,469
Connecticut#16881 in 1,331
New York#193661 in 1,359
Pennsylvania#239351 in 2,143
Washington#24761 in 1,927
California#268261 in 1,920
Illinois#289191 in 2,961
Minnesota#30171 in 3,243
Wisconsin#30761 in 4,031
Louisiana#329111 in 2,127
Michigan#36491 in 4,859
Ohio#396101 in 5,270
Texas#88151 in 12,020
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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 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 1940

girls
#366
322 births · 1 in 3,551 girls

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #366Adele322
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 3,551 of them was named Adele, which outranked 92.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adele
  1. #363Bernadine324
  2. #364Bernadette323
  3. #364Leola323
  4. #366Adele322
  5. #366Jewel322
  6. #368Susanne320
  7. #369Janette318
  8. #370Francis317

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1940