Adelaide

#289 for girls in 2025, 1,062 births

Peak · girls
#179
1883 · 85 births
Debut · girls
1880
65 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
35,007
since 1880

Adelaide over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adelaide has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #179, 1883girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2891,062
2024#2711,161
2023#2861,106
2022#2821,122
2021#2611,192
2020#2721,140
2019#3041,065
2018#2971,118
2017#2771,163
2016#2551,240
2015#2721,163
2014#3171,050
2013#3201,020
2012#346920
2011#408775
2010#434711
2009#571535
2008#551558
2007#713410
2006#926285
2005#901278
2004#1,086211
2003#1,254167
2002#1,179174
2001#1,213167
2000#1,387134
1999#1,492115
1998#1,557106
1997#1,70791
1996#1,80681
1995#2,15562
1994#1,86276
1993#2,32255
1992#2,54849
1991#2,55048
1990#2,79941
1989#3,47729
1988#2,70039
1987#2,85234
1986#2,97331
1985#3,00830
1984#3,14427
1983#2,59534
1982#3,34425
1981#4,16218
1980#3,99219
1979#3,14726
1978#3,28323
1977#3,26723
1976#4,36314
1975#3,77417
1974#3,86316
1973#5,5809
1972#4,30013
1971#4,31113
1970#4,03814
1969#3,46116
1968#3,16917
1967#2,37626
1966#2,75220
1965#2,93818
1964#2,53024
1963#2,36426
1962#2,07332
1961#2,25028
1960#1,88736
1959#1,76539
1958#1,90833
1957#1,58846
1956#1,52049
1955#1,53744
1954#1,34455
1953#1,33253
1952#1,25657
1951#1,21558
1950#1,15364
1949#1,12165
1948#95084
1947#98480
1946#1,04266
1945#92567
1944#88175
1943#725113
1942#78095
1941#669111
1940#660110
1939#69397
1938#635117
1937#646110
1936#586128
1935#646102
1934#544139
1933#594118
1932#576130
1931#543148
1930#465209
1929#444220
1928#438240
1927#409281
1926#409275
1925#391308
1924#376330
1923#343368
1922#320414
1921#312437
1920#299471
1919#286489
1918#286486
1917#268537
1916#280449
1915#262502
1914#259396
1913#257321
1912#258299
1911#259223
1910#270206
1909#254198
1908#273167
1907#285150
1906#266154
1905#291130
1904#288123
1903#256144
1902#256151
1901#238147
1900#233183
1899#229144
1898#242148
1897#233142
1896#245130
1895#230142
1894#228136
1893#214144
1892#248112
1891#221119
1890#242102
1889#227105
1888#23398
1887#197104
1886#20494
1885#19494
1884#18198
1883#17985
1882#18674
1881#19262
1880#18665
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adelaide was already there! It came in at #186, and was given to 65 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1971–1973, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.

Where Adelaide is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedAKMaine: #84 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 291 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #147 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 471 girlsNHWashington: #229 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,011 girlsWAIdaho: #179 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 588 girlsIDMontana: #175 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 499 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #216 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 648 girlsNDMinnesota: #256 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,064 girlsMNIllinois: #263 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,219 girlsILWisconsin: #220 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 931 girlsWIMichigan: #272 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,241 girlsMINew York: #395 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,985 girlsNYMassachusetts: #180 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 790 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedRIOregon: #154 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 635 girlsORNevada: #283 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedSDIowa: #228 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 921 girlsIAIndiana: #350 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,531 girlsINOhio: #280 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,257 girlsOHPennsylvania: #265 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 1,200 girlsPANew Jersey: #472 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,323 girlsNJConnecticut: #336 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,337 girlsCTCalifornia: #420 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 2,074 girlsCAUtah: #75 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 349 girlsUTColorado: #144 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 571 girlsCONebraska: #237 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 802 girlsNEMissouri: #166 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 735 girlsMOKentucky: #501 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,320 girlsKYWest Virginia: #190 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 704 girlsWVVirginia: #160 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 707 girlsVAMaryland: #294 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,205 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedDEArizona: #248 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,104 girlsAZNew Mexico: #321 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsNMKansas: #204 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 814 girlsKSArkansas: #240 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 909 girlsARTennessee: #285 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,198 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #278 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,227 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #262 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,081 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #179 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 509 girlsDCOklahoma: #471 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,870 girlsOKLouisiana: #328 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,331 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedMSAlabama: #332 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,405 girlsALGeorgia: #308 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,391 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Adelaide, so not publishedHITexas: #398 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 1,996 girlsTXFlorida: #436 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,204 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#75 · 1 in 349
  2. Maine#84 · 1 in 291
  3. Colorado#144 · 1 in 571
  4. New Hampshire#147 · 1 in 471
  5. Oregon#154 · 1 in 635

Best ever in a state: #54 in Vermont, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#75511 in 349
Maine#84121 in 291
Colorado#144411 in 571
New Hampshire#14781 in 471
Oregon#154241 in 635
Virginia#160531 in 707
Missouri#166371 in 735
Montana#17561 in 499
District of Columbia#17971 in 509
Idaho#179111 in 588
Massachusetts#180321 in 790
West Virginia#19091 in 704
Kansas#204161 in 814
North Dakota#21651 in 648
Wisconsin#220251 in 931
Iowa#228141 in 921
Washington#229311 in 1,011
Nebraska#237101 in 802
Arkansas#240131 in 909
Arizona#248281 in 1,104
Minnesota#256231 in 1,064
South Carolina#262171 in 1,081
Illinois#263481 in 1,219
Pennsylvania#265441 in 1,200
Michigan#272341 in 1,241
North Carolina#278371 in 1,227
Ohio#280421 in 1,257
Nevada#283101 in 1,096
Tennessee#285261 in 1,198
Maryland#294201 in 1,205
Georgia#308351 in 1,391
New Mexico#32161 in 1,091
Louisiana#328161 in 1,331
Alabama#332141 in 1,405
Connecticut#33691 in 1,337
Indiana#350201 in 1,531
New York#395461 in 1,985
Texas#398851 in 1,996
California#420991 in 2,074
Florida#436391 in 2,204
Oklahoma#47191 in 1,870
New Jersey#472161 in 2,323
Kentucky#50181 in 2,320
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Adelaide
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 18 spots since 2024 (#271 → #289)
  • 17 spots since 2020 (#272 → #289)
  • 17 spots since 2015 (#272 → #289)
  • Biggest jump: 213 spots in 2007 (#926 → #713)
  • Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1949 (#950 → #1,121)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #179 (85 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 75 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,317
  • Highest: 1 in 1,317 girls born in 1884 were named Adelaide (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,513 girls born in 2025 (0.07%)
  • Its best rank, #179 in 1883, was only 1 in 1,321 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Adelaide (10,225) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #179 (1883) → #5,580 (1973) → #255 (2016)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s879#179 (1883)#198
1890s1,319#214 (1893)#233
1900s1,547#233 (1900)#264
1910s3,908#257 (1913)#269
1920s3,344#299 (1920)#374
1930s1,298#465 (1930)#593
1940s866#660 (1940)#874
1950s498#1,153 (1950)#1,462
1960s243#1,887 (1960)#2,580
1970s168#3,147 (1979)#3,993
1980s286#2,595 (1983)#3,225
1990s724#1,492 (1999)#2,080
2000s2,919#551 (2008)#978
2010s10,225#255 (2016)#323
2020s6,783#261 (2021)#277

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.

Adelaide in 2015

girls
#272
1,163 births · 1 in 1,535 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #272Adelaide1,163
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 1,535 of them was named Adelaide, which outranked 98.6% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adelaide
  1. #269Gemma1,174
  2. #270Lilliana1,173
  3. #271Raegan1,167
  4. #272Adelaide1,163
  5. #273Lena1,162
  6. #274Journey1,157
  7. #275Kenzie1,145
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →