Adelia
Adelia was given to 88 girls in 2025, #2,117 among girls’ names; 5,717 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,860 Americans named Adelia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (50% of everyone recorded); the median is 20 years old and half are between 9 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adelia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adelia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adelia is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adelia?
#2,117 among girls’ names, 2025
Adelia rose from #2,259 in 2015 to #2,117 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 46.5 to 54.8 per million.
112 babies in 2017, the peak
Adelia peaked in 2017, when 112 girls were given it, #1,828 among girls’ names. The 88 births of 2025 are 79% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,117 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 86 | #2,196 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,405 | 0.05 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 91 | #2,098 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,828 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,117 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 | 0.05 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 | 0.03 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,233 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,298 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,316 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 | 0.02 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,806 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,459 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,320 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,287 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,866 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,005 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,315 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,051 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,734 | under 0.01 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,283 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,275 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,076 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,246 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,148 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,586 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,480 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,869 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,938 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,619 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,575 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,352 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,375 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,278 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,272 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,291 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,182 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,205 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,162 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,043 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,041 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,094 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 59 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 64 | #935 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 62 | #952 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 58 | #976 | 0.05 |
| 1924 | 71 | #893 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 59 | #967 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 62 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 64 | #928 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 94 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 72 | #828 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 80 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 77 | #788 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 81 | #761 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 82 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 46 | #864 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 38 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 51 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 38 | #704 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 41 | #663 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 37 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1908 | 35 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 36 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 36 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 41 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 37 | #545 | 0.13 |
| 1903 | 28 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 34 | #559 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 39 | #481 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 50 | #478 | 0.17 |
| 1899 | 36 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1898 | 42 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 47 | #425 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 35 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1895 | 41 | #440 | 0.18 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 45 | #399 | 0.21 |
| 1892 | 39 | #428 | 0.18 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 | 0.20 |
| 1890 | 30 | #475 | 0.16 |
| 1889 | 41 | #379 | 0.23 |
| 1888 | 42 | #369 | 0.24 |
| 1887 | 40 | #337 | 0.27 |
| 1886 | 28 | #406 | 0.19 |
| 1885 | 23 | #438 | 0.17 |
| 1884 | 37 | #322 | 0.29 |
| 1883 | 30 | #324 | 0.27 |
| 1882 | 23 | #372 | 0.21 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 | 0.23 |
| 1880 | 18 | #388 | 0.20 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Adelia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adelia has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Adelia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adelia, and how old are they?
2,860 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 50% of the 5,717 Americans ever recorded as Adelia. The median Adelia alive today is 20 years old; half are between 9 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 3,440 people named Adelia (3,426 women and girls, 14 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,593 born in the U.S. The Census count is 33% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 192 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 394 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 252 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 270 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 656 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,090 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Adelia born?
The states with the most babies named Adelia are California, Ohio and Texas, with 83% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 13 | #1,651 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,271 | 0.2× |
| Texas | 5 | #3,294 | 0.9× |
| Washington | 5 | #1,048 | 0.4× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Adelia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 79,381 babies since 1880, Adelia is the fourth most given (7.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 88 of their 977 babies (9.0%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adelia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Adelia and names like it
- Compare Adelia and AdeleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAdelia peaked in 2017.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adelia since 1910.
- The top names of 2017The year the most babies were named Adelia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Adelia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.