Girls' name · since 2005
Adalei
223 babies named Adalei in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,690 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,667 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 223
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
223 babies have been named Adalei since 2005, making it today's #12667 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Adalei recorded 223 times among girls since 2005, holding rank #12667 nationally today, ahead of 27% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #18,690 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,667 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 223 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalei ranks #18,690 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,667 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 223 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,690 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,667 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 223
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalei's 223 recorded births place it above 74.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Adalei compares
223 39th percentile among 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
Adalei's all-time total is 41% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adalei | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 223 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adalei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adalei's full recorded timeline at 2016, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adalei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Adalei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (133 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Adalei's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Adalei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
133 births
- 2020s
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 133 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Adalei's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (133 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adalei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Adalei 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.