Adelia
#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,717since 1880
Adelia over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Adelia has never cracked the top 300 here.
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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 |
| 2024 | #2,080 | 92 |
| 2023 | #2,195 | 86 |
| 2022 | #2,404 | 76 |
| 2021 | #2,440 | 73 |
| 2020 | #2,170 | 83 |
| 2019 | #2,155 | 86 |
| 2018 | #2,098 | 91 |
| 2017 | #1,828 | 112 |
| 2016 | #2,117 | 92 |
| 2015 | #2,259 | 83 |
| 2014 | #2,469 | 73 |
| 2013 | #2,870 | 59 |
| 2012 | #2,232 | 84 |
| 2011 | #3,092 | 54 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 |
| 2009 | #3,298 | 50 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 |
| 2007 | #3,601 | 45 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 |
| 2003 | #3,532 | 40 |
| 2002 | #3,461 | 39 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,291 | 28 |
| 1999 | #4,870 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,366 | 25 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,210 | 29 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #2,517 | 21 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #1,973 | 27 |
| 1952 | #1,934 | 27 |
| 1951 | #1,637 | 34 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,278 | 39 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,272 | 34 |
| 1939 | #1,291 | 33 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,282 | 32 |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 |
| 1935 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1934 | #1,205 | 35 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1932 | #1,162 | 38 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 |
| 1929 | #1,094 | 45 |
| 1928 | #967 | 59 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #952 | 62 |
| 1925 | #976 | 58 |
| 1924 | #893 | 71 |
| 1923 | #966 | 59 |
| 1922 | #939 | 62 |
| 1921 | #928 | 64 |
| 1920 | #746 | 94 |
| 1919 | #828 | 72 |
| 1918 | #796 | 80 |
| 1917 | #788 | 77 |
| 1916 | #761 | 81 |
| 1915 | #734 | 82 |
| 1914 | #864 | 46 |
| 1913 | #852 | 38 |
| 1912 | #704 | 51 |
| 1911 | #704 | 38 |
| 1910 | #663 | 41 |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 |
| 1907 | #624 | 36 |
| 1906 | #595 | 36 |
| 1905 | #536 | 41 |
| 1904 | #545 | 37 |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 |
| 1901 | #481 | 39 |
| 1900 | #478 | 50 |
| 1899 | #490 | 36 |
| 1898 | #475 | 42 |
| 1897 | #425 | 47 |
| 1896 | #499 | 35 |
| 1895 | #440 | 41 |
| 1894 | #504 | 32 |
| 1893 | #399 | 45 |
| 1892 | #428 | 39 |
| 1891 | #404 | 37 |
| 1890 | #475 | 30 |
| 1889 | #379 | 41 |
| 1888 | #369 | 42 |
| 1887 | #337 | 40 |
| 1886 | #406 | 28 |
| 1885 | #438 | 23 |
| 1884 | #322 | 37 |
| 1883 | #324 | 30 |
| 1882 | #372 | 23 |
| 1881 | #360 | 21 |
| 1880 | #388 | 18 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adelia was already there! It came in at #388, and was given to 18 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1974, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
See more about Adelia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 37 spots since 2024 (#2,080 → #2,117)
- 53 spots since 2020 (#2,170 → #2,117)
- 142 spots since 2015 (#2,259 → #2,117)
- Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1915 (#864 → #734)
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 1921 (#746 → #928)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #322 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 73 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1880–1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,487
- Highest: 1 in 3,487 girls born in 1884 were named Adelia (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,264 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 13.7% of all girls named Adelia (785) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 303 | #322 (1884) | #370 |
| 1890s | 384 | #399 (1893) | #454 |
| 1900s | 373 | #478 (1900) | #574 |
| 1910s | 606 | #663 (1910) | #769 |
| 1920s | 638 | #746 (1920) | #940 |
| 1930s | 374 | #1,041 (1930) | #1,188 |
| 1940s | 360 | #1,272 (1944) | #1,413 |
| 1950s | 263 | #1,576 (1950) | #2,115 |
| 1960s | 204 | #2,210 (1962) | #2,823 |
| 1970s | 164 | #3,083 (1977) | #4,101 |
| 1980s | 176 | #3,436 (1981) | #4,567 |
| 1990s | 189 | #4,007 (1997) | #5,609 |
| 2000s | 400 | #3,298 (2009) | #3,691 |
| 2010s | 785 | #1,828 (2017) | #2,432 |
| 2020s | 498 | #2,080 (2024) | #2,234 |
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.
Adelia in 1884
girls
#322
37 births · 1 in 3,487 girls
Top girls' names in 1884
More about 1884
girls
129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 3,487 of them was named Adelia, which outranked 72.5% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Adelia
- #315Lyda39
- #320Clare38
- #320Floy38
- #322Adelia37
- #322Artie37
- #322Bridget37
- #322Margie37
- #326Anita36
- #326Chloe36
- #326Dolly36
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 488Roxy#536 → #1,024
- ↓ 463Fredericka#561 → #1,024
- ↓ 445Albert#579 → #1,024
- ↓ 409Roseanna#615 → #1,024
- ↓ 373Delpha#651 → #1,024
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.