Adelfa
Last seen for girls in 1974 at #8,775
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 15 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 345since 1916
Adelfa over time
Rank among girls' names. Adelfa has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
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| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
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| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
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| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 |
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| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
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| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
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| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Adelfa! It came in at #2,833, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Adelfa is popular in 1947
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#689 · 1 in 8,338
Best ever in a state: #521 in Texas, 1945.
Show every state
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| Texas | #689 | 11 | 1 in 8,338 |
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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 Adelfa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1974
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1945 at #2,237 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 87,139 girls born in 1945 were named Adelfa (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 293,507 girls born in 1974 (0.00%)
- 28.1% of all girls named Adelfa (97) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 17 | #2,833 (1916) | #3,325 |
| 1920s | 97 | #2,699 (1927) | #3,247 |
| 1930s | 70 | #2,592 (1939) | #3,337 |
| 1940s | 89 | #2,237 (1945) | #3,328 |
| 1950s | 43 | #4,315 (1950) | #5,083 |
| 1960s | 19 | #4,636 (1964) | #5,863 |
| 1970s | 10 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,550 |
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.
Adelfa in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
More about 1947
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1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 161,161 of them was named Adelfa, which outranked 46.9% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,061Winda12
- #3,061Yolande12
- #3,061Zada12
- #3,240Adelfa11
- #3,240Adair11
- #3,240Adel11
- #3,240Alaina11
- #3,448Adline10
- #3,448Agustina10
- #3,448Almedia10
Tied with 207 names at #3,240; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.