Girls' name · since 1924
Adelita
1,900 babies named Adelita in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,900
- born since 1924
- 1960s
- peak decade
Adelita currently ranks #4779 among girls' names in America, with 1,900 babies recorded since 1924.
Adelita has 1,900 recorded births among girls since 1924, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4779 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #4,855 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,779 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,900 born since 1924
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelita ranks #4,855 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,779 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,900 born since 1924, peaking in the 1960s.
- #4,855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,779 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,900
- born since 1924
- 1960s
- peak decade
Adelita's 1,900 recorded births place it above 93.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Adelita compares
1,900 Top 23% higher than 77% 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
Adelita's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adelita | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,900 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 43 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adelita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adelita splits its recorded history at 1977: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 43 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adelita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (1961)
- 43
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Adelita by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (302 births, 16% of the file).
1960s was Adelita's strongest decade.
302 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Adelita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 1930s 61
1930s
61 births
- 1940s
1940s
174 births
- 1950s
1950s
270 births
- 1960s
1960s
302 births
- 1970s
1970s
292 births
- 1980s
1980s
184 births
- 1990s
1990s
145 births
- 2000s 101
2000s
101 births
- 2010s
2010s
177 births
- 2020s
2020s
175 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 302 births (16% of all-time use).
How Adelita 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 Adelita's total volume
Adelita by state
Where Adelita concentrates geographically, total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 699 | 36.8% |
| #2 | California | | 247 | 13.0% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.3% |
699 of 1,900 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Adelita's data
- Adelita's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (302 total births) through the 2020s (175) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adelitas (699 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adelita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Adelita 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.