Adelia

#2,117 for girls in 2025, 88 births

Peak · girls
1884 · 37 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,717
since 1880

Adelia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adelia has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #322, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,11788
2024#2,08092
2023#2,19586
2022#2,40476
2021#2,44073
2020#2,17083
2019#2,15586
2018#2,09891
2017#1,828112
2016#2,11792
2015#2,25983
2014#2,46973
2013#2,87059
2012#2,23284
2011#3,09254
2010#3,20351
2009#3,29850
2008#3,31650
2007#3,60145
2006#3,79540
2005#3,80938
2004#3,49042
2003#3,53240
2002#3,46139
2001#4,32128
2000#4,29128
1999#4,87022
1998#4,36625
1997#4,00727
1996#4,05926
1995#4,21724
1994#6,31914
1993#8,05210
1992#8,7349
1991#5,00419
1990#6,46513
1989#5,28616
1988#6,27712
1987#3,98321
1986#4,53917
1985#5,07714
1984#3,61322
1983#3,68721
1982#4,52716
1981#3,43624
1980#5,24513
1979#3,14726
1978#4,45915
1977#3,08325
1976#3,28721
1975#4,14115
1974#5,01111
1973#4,58612
1972#5,4809
1971#3,94315
1970#3,87215
1969#2,64525
1968#3,45615
1967#2,86819
1966#2,93718
1965#2,93818
1964#2,67522
1963#2,61922
1962#2,21029
1961#3,06017
1960#2,82019
1959#2,51721
1958#2,07329
1957#2,72718
1956#2,53020
1955#2,06327
1954#2,12225
1953#1,97327
1952#1,93427
1951#1,63734
1950#1,57635
1949#1,35346
1948#1,82027
1947#1,63334
1946#1,37640
1945#1,41832
1944#1,27239
1943#1,39535
1942#1,27839
1941#1,31034
1940#1,27234
1939#1,29133
1938#1,18238
1937#1,28232
1936#1,11540
1935#1,19735
1934#1,20535
1933#1,36428
1932#1,16238
1931#1,04345
1930#1,04150
1929#1,09445
1928#96759
1927#93564
1926#95262
1925#97658
1924#89371
1923#96659
1922#93962
1921#92864
1920#74694
1919#82872
1918#79680
1917#78877
1916#76181
1915#73482
1914#86446
1913#85238
1912#70451
1911#70438
1910#66341
1909#64437
1908#64935
1907#62436
1906#59536
1905#53641
1904#54537
1903#62828
1902#55934
1901#48139
1900#47850
1899#49036
1898#47542
1897#42547
1896#49935
1895#44041
1894#50432
1893#39945
1892#42839
1891#40437
1890#47530
1889#37941
1888#36942
1887#33740
1886#40628
1885#43823
1884#32237
1883#32430
1882#37223
1881#36021
1880#38818
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s303#322 (1884)#370
1890s384#399 (1893)#454
1900s373#478 (1900)#574
1910s606#663 (1910)#769
1920s638#746 (1920)#940
1930s374#1,041 (1930)#1,188
1940s360#1,272 (1944)#1,413
1950s263#1,576 (1950)#2,115
1960s204#2,210 (1962)#2,823
1970s164#3,083 (1977)#4,101
1980s176#3,436 (1981)#4,567
1990s189#4,007 (1997)#5,609
2000s400#3,298 (2009)#3,691
2010s785#1,828 (2017)#2,432
2020s498#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 1968

girls
#3,456
15 births · 1 in 109,359 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #3,456Adelia15
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 109,359 of them was named Adelia, which outranked 57.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adelia
  1. #3,315Wynette16
  2. #3,315Xenia16
  3. #3,315Yadira16
  4. #3,456Adelia15
  5. #3,456Alex15
  6. #3,456Allyn15
  7. #3,456Amberly15
  8. #3,610Adraine14
  9. #3,610Alanda14
  10. #3,610Albertha14

Tied with 153 names at #3,456; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. 3,132Coretta#3,656#524
  2. 1,257Tamika#1,980#723
  3. 1,150Tamiko#1,702#552
  4. 607Chantel#1,348#741
  5. 490Chantal#1,441#951
Fallers
  1. 602Wende#857#1,459
  2. 545Zina#959#1,504
  3. 341Evonne#970#1,311
  4. 294Portia#902#1,196
  5. 285Mariann#973#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968