Adelie — #6817 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Adelie

The Social Security Administration has registered 666 babies named Adelie between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adelie currently holds the #6817 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Adelie performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 381 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Adelie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Adelie in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Adelie 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 666 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.