Girls' name · since 1917
Adalaide
447 babies named Adalaide in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,654 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,560 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 447
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalaide currently ranks #4560 among girls' names in America, with 447 babies recorded since 1917.
Adalaide has 447 recorded births among girls since 1917, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4560 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #12,654 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,560 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 447 born since 1917
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalaide ranks #12,654 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,560 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 447 born since 1917, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,654 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,560 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 447
- born since 1917
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalaide's 447 recorded births place it above 82.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Adalaide compares
447 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adalaide's all-time total is 19% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adalaide | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 447 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adalaide's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adalaide's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 71% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 29%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1917, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 42, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adalaide popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Adalaide by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (189 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Adalaide's strongest decade.
189 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Adalaide births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
189 births
- 2020s
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 189 births (42% of all-time use).
Adalaide by state
Where Adalaide concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
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What to do with Adalaide's data
- Adalaide's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (189 total births) through the 2020s (178) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adalaides (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adalaide: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~108 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adalaide draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.