Girls' name · since 1915
Adalee
Adalee has 4,731 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #988 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,731
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalee currently ranks #988 among girls' names in America, with 4,731 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalee has been recorded 4,731 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #988 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #2,672 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #988 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,731 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalee ranks #2,672 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #988 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,731 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,672 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #988 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,731
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalee's 4,731 recorded births place it above 96.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
38 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Adalee compares
4,731 Top 14% higher than 86% 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
Adalee's all-time total is 13x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adalee | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,731 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 435 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adalee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adalee's full recorded timeline at 2004, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 435 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adalee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 435
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Adalee by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,157 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Adalee's strongest decade.
2,157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Adalee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1920s 35
1920s
35 births
- 1930s 14
1930s
14 births
- 1940s 7
1940s
7 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 367
2000s
367 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,157 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,093 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,157 births (46% of all-time use).
How Adalee compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Adalee's total volume
Adalee by state
Where Adalee concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 630 | 13.3% |
| #2 | California | | 364 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 180 | 3.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 165 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 165 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 152 | 3.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 144 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 143 | 3.0% |
630 of 4,731 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 38 reporting states.
Adalee appears in 38 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adalee's data
- Adalee's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,157 total births) through the 2020s (2,093) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adalees (630 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adalee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Adalee 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.