Meaning not yet researched.
Adelaide: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,062 in 2025. Its best rank was #179 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #179 in 1883; #289 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Adelaide in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#289 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #179.
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Adelaide: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,062 girls in 2025. Peak: #179 in 1883 · most girls in one year: 1,240 (2016).
In 2025, 1,062 US girls were named Adelaide, making it the 289th most common girls’ name of the year, down 18 places from #271 in 2024. That is 99 fewer than the 1,161 girls named Adelaide in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #179, reached in 1883. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,240, in 2016. For comparison, it was #272 in 2015 and #1,153 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adelaide in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 65 babies with the name. In all, 35,007 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 10,225 babies named Adelaide.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 11,369 US girls were named Adelaide; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,240. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,513 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Adelaide ranked highest in Montana in 2025, at #79 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Ada (107,183 babies since 1880), Adaline (18,766 babies since 1880), Adela (14,105 babies since 1880) and Adelaida (3,177 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Adalaide, Adelayde and Adelade are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Addy, Adele, Adie, Dell, Della and Heidi.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Italian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Adalaide (447), Adelayde (86), Adelade (57), Adelais (27), Addelaide (18), Adalayde (13), Adalade (5), Adelaid (5).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | 11 | #79 | #177 |
| Colorado | 45 | #119 | #144 |
| New Hampshire | 10 | #121 | #148 |
| Idaho | 16 | #124 | #179 |
| Alaska | 5 | #137 | — |
| Nebraska | 14 | #159 | #237 |
| Washington | 42 | #169 | #229 |
| Utah | 26 | #172 | #75 |
| Kansas | 17 | #193 | #204 |
| Iowa | 16 | #200 | #229 |
| Pennsylvania | 56 | #201 | #265 |
| Missouri | 29 | #209 | #166 |
| Maine | 5 | #210 | #84 |
| Massachusetts | 26 | #215 | #180 |
| Connecticut | 15 | #220 | #336 |
| Michigan | 40 | #223 | #272 |
| Virginia | 35 | #228 | #160 |
| Maryland | 22 | #234 | #294 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #244 | #262 |
| Tennessee | 30 | #255 | #285 |
| Oregon | 14 | #259 | #155 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #271 | #240 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #273 | #190 |
| North Carolina | 39 | #280 | #278 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #285 | #257 |
| Illinois | 36 | #294 | #263 |
| Louisiana | 15 | #295 | #329 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | #313 | #472 |
| Ohio | 34 | #323 | #280 |
| Indiana | 21 | #333 | #351 |
| New York | 50 | #334 | #395 |
| Wisconsin | 14 | #364 | #220 |
| New Jersey | 21 | #372 | #472 |
| Georgia | 29 | #380 | #308 |
| Arizona | 17 | #389 | #248 |
| Texas | 78 | #431 | #398 |
| Florida | 42 | #443 | #436 |
| California | 73 | #458 | #420 |
| Alabama | 10 | #481 | #332 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #498 | #504 |
| Nevada | 5 | #508 | #283 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,062 | #289 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,161 | #271 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,106 | #286 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,122 | #282 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,192 | #261 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,140 | #272 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,065 | #304 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,118 | #297 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,163 | #277 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,240 | #255 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,163 | #272 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,050 | #317 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,020 | #320 | — | — |
| 2012 | 920 | #346 | — | — |
| 2011 | 775 | #408 | — | — |
| 2010 | 711 | #434 | — | — |
| 2009 | 535 | #571 | — | — |
| 2008 | 558 | #551 | — | — |
| 2007 | 410 | #713 | — | — |
| 2006 | 285 | #926 | — | — |
| 2005 | 278 | #901 | — | — |
| 2004 | 211 | #1,086 | — | — |
| 2003 | 167 | #1,254 | — | — |
| 2002 | 174 | #1,179 | — | — |
| 2001 | 167 | #1,213 | — | — |
| 2000 | 134 | #1,387 | — | — |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,492 | — | — |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,557 | — | — |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,707 | — | — |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,155 | — | — |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,862 | — | — |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,323 | — | — |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,549 | — | — |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,550 | — | — |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,799 | — | — |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,477 | — | — |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,700 | — | — |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,852 | — | — |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,973 | — | — |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,009 | — | — |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,144 | — | — |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,595 | — | — |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,344 | — | — |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,162 | — | — |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,992 | — | — |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 | — | — |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 | — | — |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,267 | — | — |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,363 | — | — |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,774 | — | — |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,863 | — | — |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,580 | — | — |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,300 | — | — |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,311 | — | — |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,038 | — | — |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,461 | — | — |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,169 | — | — |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,377 | — | — |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,752 | — | — |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,938 | — | — |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,530 | — | — |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,364 | — | — |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,073 | — | — |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,252 | — | — |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,887 | — | — |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,765 | — | — |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,908 | — | — |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,588 | — | — |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,520 | — | — |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,537 | — | — |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,344 | — | — |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,332 | — | — |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,256 | — | — |
| 1951 | 58 | #1,215 | — | — |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,153 | — | — |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,121 | — | — |
| 1948 | 84 | #950 | — | — |
| 1947 | 80 | #984 | — | — |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1945 | 67 | #925 | — | — |
| 1944 | 75 | #881 | — | — |
| 1943 | 113 | #725 | — | — |
| 1942 | 95 | #781 | — | — |
| 1941 | 111 | #669 | — | — |
| 1940 | 110 | #660 | — | — |
| 1939 | 97 | #693 | — | — |
| 1938 | 117 | #635 | — | — |
| 1937 | 110 | #646 | — | — |
| 1936 | 128 | #586 | — | — |
| 1935 | 102 | #646 | — | — |
| 1934 | 139 | #544 | — | — |
| 1933 | 118 | #594 | — | — |
| 1932 | 130 | #576 | — | — |
| 1931 | 148 | #543 | — | — |
| 1930 | 209 | #465 | — | — |
| 1929 | 220 | #444 | — | — |
| 1928 | 240 | #438 | — | — |
| 1927 | 281 | #409 | — | — |
| 1926 | 275 | #409 | — | — |
| 1925 | 308 | #391 | — | — |
| 1924 | 330 | #376 | — | — |
| 1923 | 368 | #343 | — | — |
| 1922 | 414 | #320 | — | — |
| 1921 | 437 | #312 | — | — |
| 1920 | 471 | #299 | — | — |
| 1919 | 489 | #286 | — | — |
| 1918 | 486 | #286 | — | — |
| 1917 | 537 | #268 | — | — |
| 1916 | 449 | #280 | — | — |
| 1915 | 502 | #262 | — | — |
| 1914 | 396 | #259 | — | — |
| 1913 | 321 | #257 | — | — |
| 1912 | 299 | #258 | — | — |
| 1911 | 223 | #259 | — | — |
| 1910 | 206 | #270 | — | — |
| 1909 | 198 | #254 | — | — |
| 1908 | 167 | #273 | — | — |
| 1907 | 150 | #285 | — | — |
| 1906 | 154 | #266 | — | — |
| 1905 | 130 | #291 | — | — |
| 1904 | 123 | #288 | — | — |
| 1903 | 144 | #256 | — | — |
| 1902 | 151 | #256 | — | — |
| 1901 | 147 | #238 | — | — |
| 1900 | 183 | #233 | — | — |
| 1899 | 144 | #229 | — | — |
| 1898 | 148 | #242 | — | — |
| 1897 | 142 | #233 | — | — |
| 1896 | 130 | #245 | — | — |
| 1895 | 142 | #230 | — | — |
| 1894 | 136 | #228 | — | — |
| 1893 | 144 | #214 | — | — |
| 1892 | 112 | #248 | — | — |
| 1891 | 119 | #221 | — | — |
| 1890 | 102 | #242 | — | — |
| 1889 | 105 | #227 | — | — |
| 1888 | 98 | #233 | — | — |
| 1887 | 104 | #198 | — | — |
| 1886 | 94 | #204 | — | — |
| 1885 | 94 | #194 | — | — |
| 1884 | 98 | #182 | — | — |
| 1883 | 85 | #179 | — | — |
| 1882 | 74 | #186 | — | — |
| 1881 | 62 | #192 | — | — |
| 1880 | 65 | #186 | — | — |
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).