Adella
#2,607 for girls in 2025, 66 births
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 26 births
- Debut · girls
- 26 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,998since 1880
Adella over time
Rank among girls' names. Adella has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,607 | 66 |
| 2024 | #2,775 | 61 |
| 2023 | #2,397 | 75 |
| 2022 | #2,661 | 65 |
| 2021 | #2,460 | 72 |
| 2020 | #2,500 | 69 |
| 2019 | #2,376 | 75 |
| 2018 | #2,334 | 78 |
| 2017 | #2,744 | 62 |
| 2016 | #2,560 | 69 |
| 2015 | #2,555 | 70 |
| 2014 | #2,323 | 79 |
| 2013 | #2,259 | 82 |
| 2012 | #2,028 | 95 |
| 2011 | #2,534 | 71 |
| 2010 | #2,691 | 66 |
| 2009 | #3,512 | 46 |
| 2008 | #3,779 | 42 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #3,992 | 37 |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 |
| 2004 | #4,816 | 27 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #3,442 | 23 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,752 | 20 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #2,070 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 |
| 1955 | #1,877 | 32 |
| 1954 | #1,769 | 34 |
| 1953 | #1,460 | 45 |
| 1952 | #1,560 | 38 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 |
| 1947 | #1,525 | 38 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,180 | 45 |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 |
| 1940 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 |
| 1936 | #921 | 55 |
| 1935 | #995 | 48 |
| 1934 | #955 | 52 |
| 1933 | #947 | 52 |
| 1932 | #856 | 66 |
| 1931 | #876 | 61 |
| 1930 | #889 | 66 |
| 1929 | #876 | 66 |
| 1928 | #794 | 81 |
| 1927 | #874 | 72 |
| 1926 | #725 | 100 |
| 1925 | #684 | 116 |
| 1924 | #685 | 117 |
| 1923 | #741 | 97 |
| 1922 | #701 | 109 |
| 1921 | #694 | 113 |
| 1920 | #599 | 143 |
| 1919 | #593 | 141 |
| 1918 | #607 | 135 |
| 1917 | #649 | 110 |
| 1916 | #606 | 123 |
| 1915 | #640 | 106 |
| 1914 | #642 | 81 |
| 1913 | #606 | 73 |
| 1912 | #596 | 67 |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 |
| 1909 | #706 | 32 |
| 1908 | #557 | 45 |
| 1907 | #702 | 29 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 |
| 1905 | #600 | 34 |
| 1904 | #700 | 25 |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #547 | 31 |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 |
| 1898 | #586 | 30 |
| 1897 | #615 | 25 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #538 | 30 |
| 1894 | #516 | 31 |
| 1893 | #473 | 32 |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 |
| 1890 | #483 | 29 |
| 1889 | #439 | 30 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 |
| 1886 | #657 | 12 |
| 1885 | #405 | 26 |
| 1884 | #520 | 16 |
| 1883 | #480 | 16 |
| 1882 | #431 | 18 |
| 1881 | #418 | 16 |
| 1880 | #309 | 26 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adella was already there! It came in at #309, and was given to 26 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Adella is popular in 1932
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#446 · 1 in 4,890
- Ohio#501 · 1 in 9,140
- Pennsylvania#544 · 1 in 12,372
- Texas#860 · 1 in 11,251
Best ever in a state: #120 in New Mexico, 1919.
Show every state
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| California | #446 | 7 | 1 in 4,890 |
| Ohio | #501 | 5 | 1 in 9,140 |
| Pennsylvania | #544 | 6 | 1 in 12,372 |
| Texas | #860 | 5 | 1 in 11,251 |
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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 Adella
- 168 spots since 2024 (#2,775 → #2,607)
- 107 spots since 2020 (#2,500 → #2,607)
- 52 spots since 2015 (#2,555 → #2,607)
- Biggest jump: 145 spots in 1908 (#702 → #557)
- Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1886 (#405 → #657)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #309 (26 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1936
- Highest: 1 in 3,500 girls born in 1880 were named Adella (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 24,353 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.9% of all girls named Adella (1,014) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 192 | #309 (1880) | #486 |
| 1890s | 263 | #473 (1893) | #577 |
| 1900s | 308 | #547 (1901) | #645 |
| 1910s | 915 | #593 (1919) | #631 |
| 1920s | 1,014 | #599 (1920) | #737 |
| 1930s | 524 | #856 (1932) | #979 |
| 1940s | 371 | #1,097 (1940) | #1,398 |
| 1950s | 350 | #1,434 (1951) | #1,771 |
| 1960s | 235 | #1,887 (1960) | #2,643 |
| 1970s | 162 | #3,110 (1970) | #4,129 |
| 1980s | 113 | #4,308 (1988) | #6,450 |
| 1990s | 116 | #5,363 (1998) | #7,700 |
| 2000s | 280 | #3,512 (2009) | #5,039 |
| 2010s | 747 | #2,028 (2012) | #2,440 |
| 2020s | 408 | #2,397 (2023) | #2,567 |
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.
Adella in 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 16,169 of them was named Adella, which outranked 83.2% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #846Willia67
- #846Willodean67
- #846Winnifred67
- #856Adella66
- #856Marilou66
- #856Mozell66
- #856Nanette66
- #862Catalina65
- #862Delphia65
- #862Lulu65
Tied with 5 names at #856; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.