Adabel

Last seen for girls in 1981 at #10,411

Peak · girls
1973 · 6 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
26
since 1971

Adabel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adabel has never cracked the top 7,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #7,435, 1973girls
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five girls were named Adabel! It came in at #8,324, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1974–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Adabel is popular in 1972

No state had 5 or more girls named Adabel in 1972, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Adabel
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 1973 at #7,435 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 243,035
  • Highest: 1 in 243,035 girls born in 1973 were named Adabel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 333,612 girls born in 1981 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 80.8% of all girls named Adabel (21) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s21#7,435 (1973)#8,334
1980s5#10,411 (1981)#10,411

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.

Adabel in 1972

girls
#8,292
5 births · 1 in 304,249 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #8,292Adabel5
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Adabel, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adabel
  1. #7,292Zerlina6
  2. #7,292Zeta6
  3. #7,292Zoann6
  4. #8,292Adabel5
  5. #8,292Aarona5
  6. #8,292Abigale5
  7. #8,292Adair5

Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →