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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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 1949

girls
#375
440 births · 1 in 3,888 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #375Adele440
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 3,888 of them was named Adele, which outranked 93.8% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adele
  1. #372Gwen446
  2. #373Unknown443
  3. #374Lou441
  4. #375Adele440
  5. #375Lorna440
  6. #377Reba432
  7. #378Estella428
  8. #379Melba427

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

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. 937Sharman#1,708#771
  2. 665Roseanna#1,422#757
  3. 483Shauna#1,173#690
  4. 293Jacalyn#1,116#823
  5. 267Sanjuana#1,185#918
Fallers
  1. 339Sandie#939#1,278
  2. 296Syble#955#1,251
  3. 272Shirleen#964#1,236
  4. 266Ginny#734#1,000
  5. 260Dina#861#1,121

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

See the top 100 for 1949