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.
Show data table
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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 1959
No state had 5 or more girls named Adelfa in 1959, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
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2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 337,244 of them was named Adelfa, which outranked 22.7% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,031Yong7
- #5,031Yuette7
- #5,031Zula7
- #5,566Adelfa6
- #5,566Adana6
- #5,566Adeana6
- #5,566Adrina6
- #6,245Abbigail5
- #6,245Abelina5
- #6,245Abigale5
Tied with 678 names at #5,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.