Meaning not yet researched.
Adell: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8 in 2025. Its best rank was #426 in 1910.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #426 in 1910; #10,932 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Adell in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#10,932 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1910, at #426.
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Adell: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8 girls in 2025. Peak: #426 in 1910 · most girls in one year: 197 (1921).
In 2025, 8 US girls were named Adell, making it the 10,932nd most common girls’ name of the year, up 2,575 places from #13,507 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 6 girls named Adell in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #426, reached in 1910. The most girls given the name in a single year was 197, in 1921. For comparison, it was #10,883 in 2015 and #1,212 in 1950.
Fewer than five US boys were named Adell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #1,224, reached in 1912. The most boys given the name in a single year was 34, in 1920. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #2,772 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Adell in 138 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 14 babies. In all, 7,263 US babies have been given the name, 86% of them girls and 14% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,866 babies named Adell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 75 US girls were named Adell; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 14. In 2025 that was about 1 in 200,908 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Adelle (5,492 babies since 1880), Adele (42,373 babies since 1880), Adiel (3,063 babies since 1880) and Adel (3,002 babies since 1880).
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.
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.
No nicknames listed for Adell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,932 | — | — |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,507 | — | — |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,347 | — | — |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,227 | — | — |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,134 | — | — |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,372 | — | — |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,564 | — | — |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,844 | — | — |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,406 | — | — |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,883 | — | — |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,952 | — | — |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,754 | — | — |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,582 | — | — |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,369 | — | — |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,463 | — | — |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,446 | — | — |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,442 | — | — |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,529 | — | — |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,033 | — | — |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,778 | — | — |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,335 | — | — |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,848 | — | — |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,119 | — | — |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,177 | — | — |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,727 | — | — |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,593 | 6 | #8,487 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,812 | 6 | #8,129 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,588 | 5 | #9,026 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,792 | 6 | #7,645 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,591 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — | 8 | #5,832 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,856 | — | — |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,394 | — | — |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,793 | — | — |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,160 | — | — |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,323 | 9 | #4,337 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,294 | — | — |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,149 | — | — |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,536 | 14 | #3,108 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,747 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — | 7 | #4,944 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,843 | 10 | #3,811 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,567 | — | — |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,891 | — | — |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,812 | 5 | #5,593 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,371 | 7 | #4,312 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,722 | — | — |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,439 | 5 | #5,104 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,523 | — | — |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,543 | 7 | #3,964 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,365 | 6 | #4,233 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,774 | 8 | #3,315 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,490 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,985 | 10 | #2,611 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,148 | 8 | #2,986 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,834 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,915 | 7 | #3,285 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,621 | — | — |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,034 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,753 | 12 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,307 | 9 | #2,873 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,695 | 8 | #3,040 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,260 | 12 | #2,371 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,869 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,637 | 9 | #2,798 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,371 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,422 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,225 | 26 | #1,480 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,257 | 10 | #2,517 |
| 1951 | 68 | #1,133 | 22 | #1,598 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,212 | 8 | #2,772 |
| 1949 | 52 | #1,266 | 15 | #1,941 |
| 1948 | 52 | #1,267 | 27 | #1,400 |
| 1947 | 63 | #1,128 | 18 | #1,786 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,290 | 20 | #1,602 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,060 | 14 | #1,852 |
| 1944 | 52 | #1,079 | 21 | #1,483 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 | 18 | #1,699 |
| 1942 | 73 | #917 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1941 | 62 | #934 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 68 | #862 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 71 | #818 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 75 | #811 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 83 | #746 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 86 | #719 | 16 | #1,724 |
| 1935 | 99 | #664 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 73 | #787 | 13 | #2,023 |
| 1933 | 96 | #666 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 97 | #688 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 116 | #617 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 102 | #679 | 29 | #1,331 |
| 1929 | 126 | #609 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 104 | #685 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 141 | #598 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 167 | #539 | 25 | #1,467 |
| 1925 | 174 | #541 | 19 | #1,806 |
| 1924 | 174 | #553 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 183 | #519 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 178 | #527 | 18 | #1,884 |
| 1921 | 197 | #500 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 195 | #492 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1919 | 194 | #479 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1918 | 169 | #540 | 18 | #1,828 |
| 1917 | 154 | #539 | 18 | #1,755 |
| 1916 | 154 | #534 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1915 | 153 | #499 | 16 | #1,782 |
| 1914 | 109 | #532 | 16 | #1,545 |
| 1913 | 94 | #525 | 13 | #1,497 |
| 1912 | 96 | #489 | 15 | #1,224 |
| 1911 | 61 | #535 | 6 | #1,538 |
| 1910 | 86 | #426 | 6 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 56 | #500 | — | — |
| 1908 | 44 | #563 | — | — |
| 1907 | 50 | #507 | — | — |
| 1906 | 42 | #541 | — | — |
| 1905 | 50 | #481 | — | — |
| 1904 | 40 | #520 | — | — |
| 1903 | 39 | #514 | — | — |
| 1902 | 43 | #478 | — | — |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 | — | — |
| 1900 | 49 | #481 | — | — |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 | — | — |
| 1898 | 39 | #492 | — | — |
| 1897 | 20 | #699 | — | — |
| 1896 | 15 | #844 | — | — |
| 1895 | 15 | #816 | — | — |
| 1894 | 19 | #682 | — | — |
| 1893 | 21 | #631 | — | — |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 | — | — |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 | — | — |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 | — | — |
| 1889 | 19 | #589 | — | — |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,037 | — | — |
| 1887 | 9 | #789 | — | — |
| 1886 | 8 | #830 | — | — |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 | — | — |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 | — | — |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 | — | — |
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).