Girls' name · since 1880
Adelia
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 5,717 babies named Adelia, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #2,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,118 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,717
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
5,717 babies have been named Adelia since 1880, making it today's #2118 girls' name.
Adelia has 5,717 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2118 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #2,350 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,118 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,717 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelia ranks #2,350 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,118 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,717 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,350 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,118 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,717
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelia's 5,717 recorded births place it above 96.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
21 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Adelia compares
5,717 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Adelia's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,717 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 112 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adelia splits its recorded history at 1953: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (9 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 112 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 112
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Adelia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (785 births, 14% of the file).
2010s was Adelia's strongest decade.
785 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Adelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 303
1880s
303 births
- 1890s
1890s
384 births
- 1900s
1900s
373 births
- 1910s
1910s
606 births
- 1920s
1920s
638 births
- 1930s
1930s
374 births
- 1940s
1940s
360 births
- 1950s 263
1950s
263 births
- 1960s 204
1960s
204 births
- 1970s 164
1970s
164 births
- 1980s 176
1980s
176 births
- 1990s 189
1990s
189 births
- 2000s
2000s
400 births
- 2010s
2010s
785 births
- 2020s
2020s
498 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 785 births (14% of all-time use).
How Adelia 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 Adelia's total volume
Adelia by state
Where Adelia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 320 | 5.6% |
| #2 | California | | 243 | 4.3% |
| #3 | New York | | 134 | 2.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 74 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 37 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 36 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Washington | | 30 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 29 | 0.5% |
320 of 5,717 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Adelia appears in 21 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adelia's data
- Adelia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (785 total births) through the 2020s (498) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adelias (320 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Adelia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Adelia 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.