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

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Peak · girls
1914 · 709 births
Debut · girls
41 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,362
since 1880

Adele over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201968peak #187, 1914girls
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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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2025#751362—
2024#797353—
2023#825334—
2022#815344—
2021#816340—
2020#791344—
2019#760368—
2018#905297—
2017#791347—
2016#664443—
2015#645444—
2014#764366—
2013#634443—
2012#536564—
2011#625462—
2010#909287—
2009#1,079236—
2008#1,495156—
2007#1,544148—
2006#1,833111—
2005#1,704116—
2004#1,726112—
2003#1,652116—
2002#1,95590—
2001#1,750102—
2000#1,82794—
1999#1,66799—
1998#1,84583—
1997#1,70791—
1996#1,84079—
1995#1,62691—
1994#1,64991—
1993#1,75384—
1992#1,92872—
1991#1,67788—
1990#1,61792—
1989#1,76976—
1988#1,61480—
1987#1,53183—
1986#1,60274—
1985#1,60474—
1984#1,36287—
1983#1,252100—
1982#1,39987—
1981#1,31596—
1980#1,39689—
1979#1,28399—
1978#1,47377—
1977#1,131112—
1976#1,17297—
1975#1,127103—
1974#1,133102—
1973#1,088105—
1972#1,11699—
1971#1,103108—
1970#1,126104—
1969#932130—
1968#984112—
1967#945116—
1966#763165—
1965#730186—
1964#752191—
1963#715204—
1962#650241—
1961#610275—
1960#605272—
1959#564301—
1958#575294—
1957#540315—
1956#491362—
1955#464382—
1954#424423—
1953#406443—
1952#377477—
1951#394433—
1950#390433—
1949#375440—
1948#360470—
1947#381435—
1946#381399—
1945#392330—
1944#387332—
1943#377367—
1942#378355—
1941#388313—
1940#366322—
1939#374309—
1938#328370—
1937#320372—
1936#325359—
1935#331365—
1934#314396—
1933#330362—
1932#282486—
1931#279499—
1930#266558—
1929#272555—
1928#254637—
1927#244713—
1926#252682—
1925#243738—
1924#232812—
1923#231789—
1922#217900—
1921#215890—
1920#206944—
1919#211886—
1918#1911,030#3,7286
1917#192960—
1916#198902—
1915#188897—
1914#187709—
1913#210492—
1912#220418—
1911#228298—
1910#224288—
1909#220257—
1908#250192#1,3735
1907#247191—
1906#220199—
1905#221200—
1904#243163—
1903#232164—
1902#230172—
1901#233157—
1900#230186—
1899#213164—
1898#229165—
1897#202187—
1896#223152—
1895#210166—
1894#217151—
1893#214144—
1892#235123—
1891#227113—
1890#208133—
1889#215115—
1888#213116—
1887#23780—
1886#23279—
1885#23671—
1884#22971—
1883#21468—
1882#20864—
1881#24043—
1880#24041—
First appearance
1880

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 1968

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedWIMichigan: #870 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 13,890 girlsMINew York: #564 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 5,450 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #710 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 10,527 girlsPANew Jersey: #619 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,894 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,160 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 15,380 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedHITexas: #1,303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 18,786 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Adele, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#564 · 1 in 5,450
  2. New Jersey#619 · 1 in 6,894
  3. Pennsylvania#710 · 1 in 10,527
  4. Michigan#870 · 1 in 13,890
  5. California#1,160 · 1 in 15,380

Best ever in a state: #18 in Nevada, 1914.

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New York#564251 in 5,450
New Jersey#61971 in 6,894
Pennsylvania#71081 in 10,527
Michigan#87051 in 13,890
California#1,160101 in 15,380
Texas#1,30351 in 18,786
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1914 at #187 (709 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 106 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1969
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,074
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.1% of all girls named Adele (7,660) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s748#208 (1882)#226
1890s1,498#202 (1897)#218
1900s1,881#220 (1909)#233
1910s6,880#187 (1914)#205
1920s7,660#206 (1920)#237
1930s4,076#266 (1930)#315
1940s3,763#360 (1948)#379
1950s3,863#377 (1952)#463
1960s1,892#605 (1960)#769
1970s1,006#1,088 (1973)#1,175
1980s846#1,252 (1983)#1,484
1990s870#1,617 (1990)#1,731
2000s1,281#1,079 (2009)#1,657
2010s4,021#536 (2012)#723
2020s2,077#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 1968

girls
#984
112 births · 1 in 14,646 girls

Top girls' names in 1968

  1. #1Lisa49,534
  2. #2Michelle33,223
  3. #3Kimberly31,906
  4. #4Jennifer26,853
  5. #5Melissa21,733
  6. #6Mary21,727
  7. #7Angela20,670
  8. #8Tammy20,058
  9. #9Karen19,560
  10. #10Susan19,503
  11. #984Adele112
More about 1968

girls

1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 14,646 of them was named Adele, which outranked 88.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adele
  1. #978Nicola113
  2. #978Rhea113
  3. #978Roseanne113
  4. #984Adele112
  5. #984Dori112
  6. #984Jeffrey112
  7. #984Kellee112
  8. #991Alfreda111
  9. #991Antonette111
  10. #991Eliza111

Tied with 6 names at #984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1967
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,132Coretta#3,656 → #524
  2. ↑ 1,257Tamika#1,980 → #723
  3. ↑ 1,150Tamiko#1,702 → #552
  4. ↑ 607Chantel#1,348 → #741
  5. ↑ 490Chantal#1,441 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 602Wende#857 → #1,459
  2. ↓ 545Zina#959 → #1,504
  3. ↓ 341Evonne#970 → #1,311
  4. ↓ 294Portia#902 → #1,196
  5. ↓ 285Mariann#973 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1968 →