Girls' name · since 1894
Adelheid
Adelheid has 225 recorded births since 1894 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1894
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adelheid is the #9485 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 225 recorded since 1894.
Social Security Administration records show Adelheid recorded 225 times among girls since 1894, holding rank #9485 nationally today, ahead of 45% 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 1894 to 2025.
- #18,593 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,485 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1894
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelheid ranks #18,593 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,485 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 225 born since 1894, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,593 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,485 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1894
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelheid's 225 recorded births place it above 74.22% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Adelheid compares
225 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
Adelheid's all-time total is 40% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adelheid | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adelheid's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adelheid splits its recorded history at 2015: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adelheid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1894–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 132 years of records
Adelheid by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (108 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Adelheid's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Adelheid births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 108 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Adelheid's data
- Adelheid's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (108 total births) through the 2020s (80) -- 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 Adelheid: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~131 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, 1894–2025 (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 Adelheid 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.