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

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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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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 1922

girls
#527
178 births · 1 in 6,747 girls
boys
#1,883
18 births · 1 in 60,453 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #527Adell178

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #1,883Adell18
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 6,747 of them was named Adell, which outranked 90.9% of the 5,789 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. #523Millicent180
  2. #523Vada180
  3. #526Margarette179
  4. #527Adell178
  5. #527Bella178
  6. #527Gertie178
  7. #530Floy177
  8. #530Rae177
  9. #530Rhea177

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

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 60,453 of them was named Adell, which outranked 62.1% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adell
  1. #1,827Waino19
  2. #1,827Waymond19
  3. #1,827Xavier19
  4. #1,883Adell18
  5. #1,883Abelardo18
  6. #1,883Alf18
  7. #1,883Alphonzo18
  8. #1,952Alvia17
  9. #1,952Arnett17
  10. #1,952Barnie17

Tied with 68 names at #1,883; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922