Adella

#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births

Peak · girls
#309
1880 · 26 births
Debut · girls
1880
26 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,998
since 1880

Adella over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #309, 1880girls
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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#2,60766
2024#2,77561
2023#2,39775
2022#2,66165
2021#2,46072
2020#2,50069
2019#2,37675
2018#2,33478
2017#2,74462
2016#2,56069
2015#2,55570
2014#2,32379
2013#2,25982
2012#2,02895
2011#2,53471
2010#2,69166
2009#3,51246
2008#3,77942
2007#5,23027
2006#3,99237
2005#4,58129
2004#4,81627
2003#5,79520
2002#6,12918
2001#6,06718
2000#6,48716
1999#8,80510
1998#5,36319
1997#9,0179
1996#7,57411
1995#6,25714
1994#10,5697
1993#8,05210
1992#6,31414
1991#8,5889
1990#6,46513
1989#7,44910
1988#4,30820
1987#9,8256
1986#6,61210
1985#6,03111
1984#8,1537
1983#5,14813
1982#5,91111
1981#4,74615
1980#6,31910
1979#3,44223
1978#5,21412
1977#5,53211
1976#3,81217
1975#3,51419
1974#3,86316
1973#5,5809
1972#3,71416
1971#3,50818
1970#3,11021
1969#3,61915
1968#2,96919
1967#2,78120
1966#2,75220
1965#3,14916
1964#2,34827
1963#2,54323
1962#2,31227
1961#2,07032
1960#1,88736
1959#2,28925
1958#2,11728
1957#1,72839
1956#1,79635
1955#1,87732
1954#1,76934
1953#1,46045
1952#1,56038
1951#1,43443
1950#1,67931
1949#1,69731
1948#1,32748
1947#1,52538
1946#1,41938
1945#1,37434
1944#1,60926
1943#1,52730
1942#1,18045
1941#1,22238
1940#1,09743
1939#1,10242
1938#1,15939
1937#1,08543
1936#92155
1935#99548
1934#95552
1933#94752
1932#85666
1931#87661
1930#88966
1929#87666
1928#79481
1927#87472
1926#725100
1925#684116
1924#685117
1923#74197
1922#701109
1921#694113
1920#599143
1919#593141
1918#607135
1917#649110
1916#606123
1915#640106
1914#64281
1913#60673
1912#59667
1911#63446
1910#73733
1909#70632
1908#55745
1907#70229
1906#64231
1905#60034
1904#70025
1903#65426
1902#73422
1901#54731
1900#61133
1899#72819
1898#58630
1897#61525
1896#75418
1895#53830
1894#51631
1893#47332
1892#54026
1891#54123
1890#48329
1889#43930
1888#57219
1887#63313
1886#65712
1885#40526
1884#52016
1883#48016
1882#43118
1881#41816
1880#30926
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adella was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

See more about Adella
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 168 spots since 2024 (#2,775 → #2,607)
  • 107 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #2,607)
  • 52 spots since 2015 (#2,555 → #2,607)
  • Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1908 (#702 → #557)
  • Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1886 (#405 → #657)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #309 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1886, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,500
  • Highest: 1 in 3,500 girls born in 1880 were named Adella (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Adella (1,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s192#309 (1880)#486
1890s263#473 (1893)#577
1900s308#547 (1901)#645
1910s915#593 (1919)#631
1920s1,014#599 (1920)#737
1930s524#856 (1932)#979
1940s371#1,097 (1940)#1,398
1950s350#1,434 (1951)#1,771
1960s235#1,887 (1960)#2,643
1970s162#3,110 (1970)#4,129
1980s113#4,308 (1988)#6,450
1990s116#5,363 (1998)#7,700
2000s280#3,512 (2009)#5,039
2010s747#2,028 (2012)#2,440
2020s408#2,397 (2023)#2,567

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.

Adella in 1942

girls
#1,180
45 births · 1 in 30,016 girls

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #1,180Adella45
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 30,016 of them was named Adella, which outranked 78.1% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adella
  1. #1,162Shiela46
  2. #1,162Tressie46
  3. #1,162Zola46
  4. #1,180Adella45
  5. #1,180Belle45
  6. #1,180Candy45
  7. #1,180Corina45
  8. #1,195Elia44
  9. #1,195Fanny44
  10. #1,195Glennis44

Tied with 14 names at #1,180; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,567Michal#4,420 → #853
  2. ↑ 1,885Merrily#2,397 → #512
  3. ↑ 1,081Merrilee#1,954 → #873
  4. ↑ 783Jerrilyn#1,610 → #827
  5. ↑ 760Candace#1,418 → #658
Fallers
  1. ↓ 354Rebekah#924 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 350Leatha#830 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 307Nella#993 → #1,300
  4. ↓ 272Arla#934 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 262Vivien#735 → #997

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

See the top 100 for 1942 →