Girls' name · since 2007
Adelei
118 babies named Adelei in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelei is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 118 have been recorded since 2007.
Adelei has 118 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2007 to 2023.
- #25,266 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelei ranks #25,266 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,266 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelei's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adelei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adelei's full recorded timeline at 2013, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adelei popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2023
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Adelei by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (81 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Adelei's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Adelei births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 22
2000s
22 births
- 2010s
2010s
81 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 81 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Adelei's decade-level peak was the 2010s (81 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Adelei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2007–2023 (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 Adelei 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.