Adell

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #8,479
Given to girls 85.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 86 births
Debut · girls
14 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,214
since 1881

Adell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #426, 1910peak #1,223, 1912girlsboys
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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#10,9178
2024#13,4776
2023
2022#15,3065
2021#12,2067
2020#15,0885
2019#11,3568
2018#10,5459
2017#7,84014
2016#8,39313
2015#10,8669
2014#11,9318
2013#7,74815
2012#6,57619
2011#13,3477
2010#10,45110
2009#12,4298
2008#15,4056
2007#15,4916
2006
2005#13,0107
2004#12,7617
2003#11,3258
2002#8,83711
2001#10,1029
2000#13,1546
1999#7,71612
1998#8,58410#8,4796
1997#9,8028#8,1106
1996#9,5818#9,0155
1995
1994
1993#11,7806#7,6386
1992
1991#8,5889
1990#5,8238
1989#10,8476
1988#8,3918
1987#6,78810
1986#6,15611
1985#8,3187#4,3339
1984#6,29110
1983#5,14813
1982#5,53412#3,10814
1981#4,74615
1980#4,9407
1979#4,84214#3,81010
1978#5,56311
1977#5,88810
1976#3,81217#5,5875
1975#4,37014#4,3097
1974#4,72012
1973#7,4356#5,1015
1972#4,52312
1971#5,5439#3,9637
1970#6,3627#4,2306
1969#3,77414#3,3148
1968#4,48910#4,1365
1967#4,9828#2,61110
1966#3,14816#2,9868
1965#2,83319#2,61710
1964#2,91519#3,2827
1963#2,61922
1962#3,03317#3,0418
1961#2,75220#2,40912
1960#2,30726#2,8719
1959#1,69542#3,0378
1958#2,26025#2,37012
1957#1,86934#2,01916
1956#1,63742#2,7989
1955#1,37153#2,04815
1954#1,42250#2,31612
1953#1,22562#1,48026
1952#1,25657#2,51410
1951#1,13368#1,59822
1950#1,21258#2,7708
1949#1,26552#1,94115
1948#1,26752#1,40027
1947#1,12763#1,78618
1946#1,29045#1,60120
1945#1,06054#1,85214
1944#1,07952#1,48321
1943#97566#1,69918
1942#91773#1,46723
1941#93462#1,82115
1940#86268#1,62718
1939#81871#1,71216
1938#81175#1,97613
1937#74683#1,68817
1936#71986#1,72316
1935#66499#1,53820
1934#78773#2,02213
1933#66696#1,58619
1932#68897#1,92215
1931#617116#1,42724
1930#679102#1,33029
1929#609126#1,56422
1928#685104#2,16214
1927#598141#1,69221
1926#539167#1,46625
1925#541174#1,80619
1924#553174#1,41428
1923#519183#1,46026
1922#527178#1,88318
1921#500197#1,76620
1920#492195#1,23434
1919#479194#1,97316
1918#540169#1,82718
1917#539154#1,75518
1916#533154#2,38911
1915#499153#1,78216
1914#532109#1,54516
1913#52594#1,49713
1912#48996#1,22315
1911#53561#1,5376
1910#42686#1,4216
1909#50056
1908#56344
1907#50750
1906#54142
1905#48150
1904#52040
1903#51439
1902#47843
1901#74719
1900#48149
1899#75618
1898#49139
1897#69920
1896#84315
1895#81515
1894#68219
1893#63021
1892#86112
1891#9439
1890#75813
1889#58919
1888#1,0367
1887#7889
1886#8288
1885#65811
1884#7319
1883
1882
1881#44714
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Adell! It came in at #447, and was given to 14 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Adell
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 2,560 spots since 2024 (#13,477#10,917)
  • 4,171 spots since 2020 (#15,088#10,917)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866#10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 447 spots in 1889 (#1,036#589)
  • Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1901 (#481#747)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1910 at #426 (86 births)
  • Births halved by 1956, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 60 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 60 yrs · run 1889–1943
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,611
  • Highest: 1 in 4,611 girls born in 1910 were named Adell (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.4% of all girls named Adell (1,639) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
  • Mostly boys until 1990, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#447 (1881)#725
1890s181#491 (1898)#748
1900s432#478 (1902)#533
1910s1,270#426 (1910)#510
1920s1,639#492 (1920)#556
1930s898#617 (1931)#720
1940s587#862 (1940)#1,078
1950s491#1,133 (1951)#1,508
1960s171#2,307 (1960)#3,285
1970s112#3,812 (1976)#5,306
1980s92#4,746 (1981)#6,913
1990s53#7,716 (1999)#9,342
2000s68#8,837 (2002)#12,502
2010s112#6,576 (2012)#9,905
2020s31#10,917 (2025)#13,399

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.

Adell in 1917

girls
#539
154 births · 1 in 7,021 girls
boys
#1,755
18 births · 1 in 51,416 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #539Adell154

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,755Adell18
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 7,021 of them was named Adell, which outranked 89.8% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adell
  1. #534Faith156
  2. #534Juliette156
  3. #538Artie155
  4. #539Adell154
  5. #539Edwina154
  6. #539Ivy154
  7. #542Lucia153
  8. #542Margarita153
  9. #544Antonette152

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

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 51,416 of them was named Adell, which outranked 61.9% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adell
  1. #1,693Vaughan19
  2. #1,693Wells19
  3. #1,693Woodford19
  4. #1,755Adell18
  5. #1,755Anselmo18
  6. #1,755Arlen18
  7. #1,755Blanchard18
  8. #1,815Ace17
  9. #1,815Achille17
  10. #1,815Atwood17

Tied with 59 names at #1,755; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 520Nicolas#1,304#784
  2. 469Hezekiah#1,415#946
  3. 433Hilliard#1,415#982
  4. 404Rayford#1,304#900
  5. 338Minoru#1,335#997
Fallers
  1. 1,738Tatsuo#824#2,562
  2. 709Berlin#984#1,693
  3. 556Prentice#972#1,528
  4. 473Manning#964#1,437
  5. 457Lovell#939#1,396

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

See the top 100 for 1917