Adele
#751 for girls in 2025, 362 births · Last seen for boys in 1918 at #3,728
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 709 births
- Debut · girls
- 41 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 42,362since 1880
Adele over time
Rank among girls' names. Adele has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #751 | 362 | — | |
| 2024 | #797 | 353 | — | |
| 2023 | #825 | 334 | — | |
| 2022 | #815 | 344 | — | |
| 2021 | #816 | 340 | — | |
| 2020 | #791 | 344 | — | |
| 2019 | #760 | 368 | — | |
| 2018 | #905 | 297 | — | |
| 2017 | #791 | 347 | — | |
| 2016 | #664 | 443 | — | |
| 2015 | #645 | 444 | — | |
| 2014 | #764 | 366 | — | |
| 2013 | #634 | 443 | — | |
| 2012 | #536 | 564 | — | |
| 2011 | #625 | 462 | — | |
| 2010 | #909 | 287 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,079 | 236 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,495 | 156 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,544 | 148 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,833 | 111 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,704 | 116 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,726 | 112 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,652 | 116 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,955 | 90 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,750 | 102 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,827 | 94 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,667 | 99 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,845 | 83 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,707 | 91 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,840 | 79 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,626 | 91 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,649 | 91 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,928 | 72 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,677 | 88 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,617 | 92 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,614 | 80 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,531 | 83 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,602 | 74 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,604 | 74 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,362 | 87 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,252 | 100 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,315 | 96 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 89 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,283 | 99 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,473 | 77 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,131 | 112 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,172 | 97 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,127 | 103 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,133 | 102 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,088 | 105 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,116 | 99 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,103 | 108 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,126 | 104 | — | |
| 1969 | #932 | 130 | — | |
| 1968 | #984 | 112 | — | |
| 1967 | #945 | 116 | — | |
| 1966 | #763 | 165 | — | |
| 1965 | #730 | 186 | — | |
| 1964 | #752 | 191 | — | |
| 1963 | #715 | 204 | — | |
| 1962 | #650 | 241 | — | |
| 1961 | #610 | 275 | — | |
| 1960 | #605 | 272 | — | |
| 1959 | #564 | 301 | — | |
| 1958 | #575 | 294 | — | |
| 1957 | #540 | 315 | — | |
| 1956 | #491 | 362 | — | |
| 1955 | #464 | 382 | — | |
| 1954 | #424 | 423 | — | |
| 1953 | #406 | 443 | — | |
| 1952 | #377 | 477 | — | |
| 1951 | #394 | 433 | — | |
| 1950 | #390 | 433 | — | |
| 1949 | #375 | 440 | — | |
| 1948 | #360 | 470 | — | |
| 1947 | #381 | 435 | — | |
| 1946 | #381 | 399 | — | |
| 1945 | #392 | 330 | — | |
| 1944 | #387 | 332 | — | |
| 1943 | #377 | 367 | — | |
| 1942 | #378 | 355 | — | |
| 1941 | #388 | 313 | — | |
| 1940 | #366 | 322 | — | |
| 1939 | #374 | 309 | — | |
| 1938 | #328 | 370 | — | |
| 1937 | #320 | 372 | — | |
| 1936 | #325 | 359 | — | |
| 1935 | #331 | 365 | — | |
| 1934 | #314 | 396 | — | |
| 1933 | #330 | 362 | — | |
| 1932 | #282 | 486 | — | |
| 1931 | #279 | 499 | — | |
| 1930 | #266 | 558 | — | |
| 1929 | #272 | 555 | — | |
| 1928 | #254 | 637 | — | |
| 1927 | #244 | 713 | — | |
| 1926 | #252 | 682 | — | |
| 1925 | #243 | 738 | — | |
| 1924 | #232 | 812 | — | |
| 1923 | #231 | 789 | — | |
| 1922 | #217 | 900 | — | |
| 1921 | #215 | 890 | — | |
| 1920 | #206 | 944 | — | |
| 1919 | #211 | 886 | — | |
| 1918 | #191 | 1,030 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #192 | 960 | — | |
| 1916 | #198 | 902 | — | |
| 1915 | #188 | 897 | — | |
| 1914 | #187 | 709 | — | |
| 1913 | #210 | 492 | — | |
| 1912 | #220 | 418 | — | |
| 1911 | #228 | 298 | — | |
| 1910 | #224 | 288 | — | |
| 1909 | #220 | 257 | — | |
| 1908 | #250 | 192 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #247 | 191 | — | |
| 1906 | #220 | 199 | — | |
| 1905 | #221 | 200 | — | |
| 1904 | #243 | 163 | — | |
| 1903 | #232 | 164 | — | |
| 1902 | #230 | 172 | — | |
| 1901 | #233 | 157 | — | |
| 1900 | #230 | 186 | — | |
| 1899 | #213 | 164 | — | |
| 1898 | #229 | 165 | — | |
| 1897 | #202 | 187 | — | |
| 1896 | #223 | 152 | — | |
| 1895 | #210 | 166 | — | |
| 1894 | #217 | 151 | — | |
| 1893 | #214 | 144 | — | |
| 1892 | #235 | 123 | — | |
| 1891 | #227 | 113 | — | |
| 1890 | #208 | 133 | — | |
| 1889 | #215 | 115 | — | |
| 1888 | #213 | 116 | — | |
| 1887 | #237 | 80 | — | |
| 1886 | #232 | 79 | — | |
| 1885 | #236 | 71 | — | |
| 1884 | #229 | 71 | — | |
| 1883 | #214 | 68 | — | |
| 1882 | #208 | 64 | — | |
| 1881 | #240 | 43 | — | |
| 1880 | #240 | 41 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adele was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 44 girls a year got the name.
Where Adele is popular in 1911
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#118 · 1 in 600
- Washington#129 · 1 in 617
- New Jersey#131 · 1 in 770
- Illinois#136 · 1 in 746
- Connecticut#141 · 1 in 841
Best ever in a state: #18 in Nevada, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #118 | 62 | 1 in 600 |
| Washington | #129 | 5 | 1 in 617 |
| New Jersey | #131 | 13 | 1 in 770 |
| Illinois | #136 | 26 | 1 in 746 |
| Connecticut | #141 | 5 | 1 in 841 |
| Louisiana | #150 | 13 | 1 in 693 |
| California | #155 | 9 | 1 in 734 |
| Wisconsin | #161 | 8 | 1 in 886 |
| Missouri | #169 | 14 | 1 in 817 |
| Pennsylvania | #172 | 26 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Ohio | #182 | 14 | 1 in 1,198 |
| Massachusetts | #194 | 9 | 1 in 1,512 |
| Michigan | #212 | 7 | 1 in 1,343 |
| South Carolina | #254 | 5 | 1 in 1,821 |
| North Carolina | #276 | 6 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Georgia | #280 | 7 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Alabama | #313 | 5 | 1 in 2,394 |
| Texas | #329 | 11 | 1 in 1,775 |
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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 Adele
- 46 spots since 2024 (#797 → #751)
- 40 spots since 2020 (#791 → #751)
- 106 spots since 2015 (#645 → #751)
- Biggest jump: 284 spots in 2011 (#909 → #625)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1970 (#932 → #1,126)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1914 at #187 (709 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 1,074 girls born in 1914 were named Adele (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,440 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 18.1% of all girls named Adele (7,660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 748 | #208 (1882) | #226 |
| 1890s | 1,498 | #202 (1897) | #218 |
| 1900s | 1,881 | #220 (1909) | #233 |
| 1910s | 6,880 | #187 (1914) | #205 |
| 1920s | 7,660 | #206 (1920) | #237 |
| 1930s | 4,076 | #266 (1930) | #315 |
| 1940s | 3,763 | #360 (1948) | #379 |
| 1950s | 3,863 | #377 (1952) | #463 |
| 1960s | 1,892 | #605 (1960) | #769 |
| 1970s | 1,006 | #1,088 (1973) | #1,175 |
| 1980s | 846 | #1,252 (1983) | #1,484 |
| 1990s | 870 | #1,617 (1990) | #1,731 |
| 2000s | 1,281 | #1,079 (2009) | #1,657 |
| 2010s | 4,021 | #536 (2012) | #723 |
| 2020s | 2,077 | #751 (2025) | #799 |
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.
Adele in 1911
Top girls' names in 1911
More about 1911
girls
418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 1,404 of them was named Adele, which outranked 92.1% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.