Girls' name · since 1889
Adelaida
Adelaida has 3,177 recorded births since 1889 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,177
- born since 1889
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adelaida currently ranks #2650 among girls' names in America, with 3,177 babies recorded since 1889.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelaida has been recorded 3,177 times among girls since 1889, currently ranked #2650 nationally and more common than 85% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1889 to 2025.
- #3,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,650 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,177 born since 1889
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelaida ranks #3,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,650 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,177 born since 1889, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,650 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,177
- born since 1889
- 2020s
- peak decade
Adelaida's 3,177 recorded births place it above 95.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Adelaida compares
3,177 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Adelaida's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adelaida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,177 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 93 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adelaida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adelaida's SSA record in two at 1962 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1889, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 93, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adelaida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1889–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 93
- Annual births at peak, across 137 years of records
Adelaida by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (404 births, 13% of the file).
2020s was Adelaida's strongest decade.
404 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 13% of all-time use.
Adelaida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 5
1880s
5 births
- 1890s 33
1890s
33 births
- 1900s 41
1900s
41 births
- 1910s 119
1910s
119 births
- 1920s
1920s
173 births
- 1930s 160
1930s
160 births
- 1940s
1940s
197 births
- 1950s
1950s
219 births
- 1960s
1960s
310 births
- 1970s
1970s
343 births
- 1980s
1980s
258 births
- 1990s
1990s
260 births
- 2000s
2000s
259 births
- 2010s
2010s
396 births
- 2020s
2020s
404 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 404 births (13% of all-time use).
How Adelaida 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 Adelaida's total volume
Adelaida by state
Where Adelaida concentrates geographically, total births since 1889
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,056 | 33.2% |
| #2 | California | | 473 | 14.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 128 | 4.0% |
| #4 | New Mexico | | 33 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Florida | | 21 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 11 | 0.3% |
1,056 of 3,177 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Adelaidas (1,056 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 Adelaida: 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 (~136 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, 1889–2025 (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 Adelaida 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.