Meaning not yet researched.
Adela: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 201 in 2025. Its best rank was #447 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #447 in 1882; #1,151 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Adela in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,151 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #447.
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Adela: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 201 girls in 2025. Peak: #447 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 227 (2015).
In 2025, 201 US girls were named Adela, making it the 1,151st most common girls’ name of the year, down 53 places from #1,098 in 2024. That is 23 fewer than the 224 girls named Adela in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #447, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 227, in 2015. For comparison, it was #1,124 in 2015 and #785 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adela in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 9 babies with the name. In all, 14,105 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,877 babies named Adela.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,034 US girls were named Adela; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 224. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,996 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Adela ranked highest in Colorado in 2025, at #635 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Adele (42,373 babies since 1880), Adelaide (35,007 babies since 1880), Adella (5,998 babies since 1880) and Adelia (5,717 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Adeola, Adalae and Adelai are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Adie and Della.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Arabic, Aragonese, Catalan, Galician and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Adeola (468), Adalae (277), Adelai (268), Adalay (216), Adelae (192), Adalai (164), Adelma (113), Adiella (83), Adelay (81), Adila (80), Adayla (78), Adelaya (61), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Adela is listed as a nickname for Della.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 8 | #635 | #879 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #701 | #518 |
| California | 40 | #766 | #768 |
| Maryland | 5 | #844 | — |
| Illinois | 10 | #852 | #688 |
| Virginia | 6 | #1,041 | #850 |
| Texas | 26 | #1,062 | #1,144 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,078 | #1,499 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,132 | — |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,141 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,246 | #1,359 |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,393 | — |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,444 | — |
| New York | 8 | #1,527 | #1,138 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | #1,151 | — | — |
| 2024 | 224 | #1,098 | — | — |
| 2023 | 215 | #1,129 | — | — |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,114 | — | — |
| 2021 | 205 | #1,187 | — | — |
| 2020 | 200 | #1,165 | — | — |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 2018 | 188 | #1,237 | — | — |
| 2017 | 184 | #1,282 | — | — |
| 2016 | 202 | #1,217 | — | — |
| 2015 | 227 | #1,124 | — | — |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,291 | — | — |
| 2013 | 209 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 2012 | 210 | #1,167 | — | — |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,469 | — | — |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 | — | — |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 2008 | 150 | #1,539 | — | — |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,579 | — | — |
| 2006 | 141 | #1,546 | — | — |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,432 | — | — |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,614 | — | — |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,612 | — | — |
| 2002 | 135 | #1,418 | — | — |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,560 | — | — |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,456 | — | — |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,525 | — | — |
| 1998 | 152 | #1,212 | — | — |
| 1997 | 107 | #1,514 | — | — |
| 1996 | 95 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,563 | — | — |
| 1994 | 107 | #1,476 | — | — |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,740 | — | — |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,493 | — | — |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,605 | — | — |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,629 | — | — |
| 1988 | 57 | #2,051 | — | — |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,678 | — | — |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,588 | — | — |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,809 | — | — |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 | — | — |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 | — | — |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,755 | — | — |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,490 | — | — |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,528 | — | — |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,420 | — | — |
| 1978 | 77 | #1,473 | — | — |
| 1977 | 74 | #1,483 | — | — |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 | — | — |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,460 | — | — |
| 1974 | 85 | #1,268 | — | — |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,312 | — | — |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,364 | — | — |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 | — | — |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,201 | — | — |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 | — | — |
| 1968 | 70 | #1,324 | — | — |
| 1967 | 64 | #1,372 | — | — |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,209 | — | — |
| 1965 | 91 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 1964 | 100 | #1,091 | — | — |
| 1963 | 108 | #1,026 | — | — |
| 1962 | 108 | #1,038 | — | — |
| 1961 | 100 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1960 | 111 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1959 | 105 | #1,036 | — | — |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,018 | — | — |
| 1957 | 121 | #936 | — | — |
| 1956 | 127 | #885 | — | — |
| 1955 | 120 | #890 | — | — |
| 1954 | 121 | #865 | — | — |
| 1953 | 129 | #809 | — | — |
| 1952 | 106 | #897 | — | — |
| 1951 | 125 | #794 | — | — |
| 1950 | 122 | #785 | — | — |
| 1949 | 111 | #835 | — | — |
| 1948 | 142 | #700 | — | — |
| 1947 | 119 | #797 | — | — |
| 1946 | 122 | #732 | — | — |
| 1945 | 110 | #712 | — | — |
| 1944 | 100 | #762 | — | — |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 | — | — |
| 1942 | 95 | #780 | — | — |
| 1941 | 90 | #751 | — | — |
| 1940 | 83 | #772 | — | — |
| 1939 | 79 | #766 | — | — |
| 1938 | 74 | #821 | — | — |
| 1937 | 57 | #910 | — | — |
| 1936 | 71 | #800 | — | — |
| 1935 | 86 | #723 | — | — |
| 1934 | 68 | #815 | — | — |
| 1933 | 78 | #745 | — | — |
| 1932 | 101 | #670 | — | — |
| 1931 | 81 | #748 | — | — |
| 1930 | 110 | #655 | — | — |
| 1929 | 105 | #683 | — | — |
| 1928 | 110 | #666 | — | — |
| 1927 | 118 | #659 | — | — |
| 1926 | 111 | #690 | — | — |
| 1925 | 113 | #693 | — | — |
| 1924 | 130 | #656 | — | — |
| 1923 | 121 | #674 | — | — |
| 1922 | 120 | #661 | — | — |
| 1921 | 157 | #573 | — | — |
| 1920 | 161 | #565 | — | — |
| 1919 | 151 | #562 | — | — |
| 1918 | 163 | #554 | — | — |
| 1917 | 138 | #572 | — | — |
| 1916 | 154 | #533 | — | — |
| 1915 | 116 | #607 | — | — |
| 1914 | 74 | #676 | — | — |
| 1913 | 61 | #667 | — | — |
| 1912 | 65 | #608 | — | — |
| 1911 | 63 | #522 | — | — |
| 1910 | 55 | #550 | — | — |
| 1909 | 49 | #541 | — | — |
| 1908 | 35 | #649 | — | — |
| 1907 | 38 | #601 | — | — |
| 1906 | 44 | #515 | — | — |
| 1905 | 36 | #579 | — | — |
| 1904 | 41 | #511 | — | — |
| 1903 | 28 | #628 | — | — |
| 1902 | 33 | #571 | — | — |
| 1901 | 35 | #513 | — | — |
| 1900 | 38 | #556 | — | — |
| 1899 | 36 | #490 | — | — |
| 1898 | 39 | #491 | — | — |
| 1897 | 29 | #554 | — | — |
| 1896 | 28 | #576 | — | — |
| 1895 | 34 | #499 | — | — |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 | — | — |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 | — | — |
| 1892 | 23 | #579 | — | — |
| 1891 | 28 | #483 | — | — |
| 1890 | 23 | #548 | — | — |
| 1889 | 29 | #454 | — | — |
| 1888 | 21 | #548 | — | — |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 | — | — |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 | — | — |
| 1885 | 13 | #608 | — | — |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 | — | — |
| 1883 | 15 | #499 | — | — |
| 1882 | 17 | #447 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #680 | — | — |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).