Adelay — girls' name
71 babies named Adelay in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Adelay was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Adelay in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adelay
The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Adelay between 2009 and 2023, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adelay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adelay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Adelay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adelay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 71 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Adelay at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Adelay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
71 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 8 births in a single year.
Adelay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 41 births that decade — 58% of Adelay's all-time total
Adelay decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Adelay's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.