Adell
Adell was given to 8 girls in 2025, #10,928 among girls’ names; 7,263 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,880 Americans named Adell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (26% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 50 and 80.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adell mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adell is “a female given name.”
Also “a male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Adel.”
From Proto-Germanic *aþalaz.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adell?
#10,928 among girls’ names, 2025
Adell fell from #10,878 in 2015 to #10,928 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born held at 5.0 per million.
229 babies in 1920, the peak
Adell peaked in 1920, when 229 babies were given it (195 girls, #492 among girls’ names). The 8 births of 2025 are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,928 | under 5 | |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,502 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,342 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,222 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,129 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,367 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,559 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,840 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,403 | under 5 | |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,878 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (138)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | #11,946 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,750 | under 5 | |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,579 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,361 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,458 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,440 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,436 | under 5 | |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,523 | under 5 | |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,026 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,772 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,329 | under 5 | |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,842 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,112 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,169 | under 5 | |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,721 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,587 | 6 | #8,479 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,807 | 6 | #8,123 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,583 | 5 | #9,019 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,786 | 6 | #7,639 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,584 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 8 | #5,825 | |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,850 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,389 | under 5 | |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,788 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,157 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,320 | 9 | #4,332 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,293 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,148 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,534 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,746 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 7 | #4,942 | |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,842 | 10 | #3,809 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,566 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,889 | under 5 | |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 | 5 | #5,591 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,369 | 7 | #4,310 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,721 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,437 | 5 | #5,102 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 | 7 | #3,962 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,364 | 6 | #4,231 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 | 8 | #3,314 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,489 | 5 | #4,140 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,984 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,833 | 10 | #2,617 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 | 7 | #3,284 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,620 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,033 | 8 | #3,040 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,752 | 12 | #2,409 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 | 9 | #2,872 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 | 12 | #2,370 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,868 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,636 | 9 | #2,797 |
| 1955 | 53 | #1,370 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,421 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,224 | 26 | #1,479 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,256 | 10 | #2,516 |
| 1951 | 68 | #1,132 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 58 | #1,211 | 8 | #2,771 |
| 1949 | 52 | #1,265 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1948 | 52 | #1,266 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 63 | #1,127 | 18 | #1,785 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,289 | 20 | #1,601 |
| 1945 | 54 | #1,060 | 14 | #1,851 |
| 1944 | 52 | #1,078 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 66 | #975 | 18 | #1,698 |
| 1942 | 73 | #917 | 23 | #1,467 |
| 1941 | 62 | #934 | 15 | #1,821 |
| 1940 | 68 | #862 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1939 | 71 | #818 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 75 | #811 | 13 | #1,976 |
| 1937 | 83 | #746 | 17 | #1,688 |
| 1936 | 86 | #719 | 16 | #1,724 |
| 1935 | 99 | #664 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 73 | #787 | 13 | #2,023 |
| 1933 | 96 | #666 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 97 | #688 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 116 | #617 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 102 | #679 | 29 | #1,331 |
| 1929 | 126 | #609 | 22 | #1,564 |
| 1928 | 104 | #685 | 14 | #2,162 |
| 1927 | 141 | #598 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 167 | #539 | 25 | #1,467 |
| 1925 | 174 | #541 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1924 | 174 | #553 | 28 | #1,414 |
| 1923 | 183 | #519 | 26 | #1,460 |
| 1922 | 178 | #527 | 18 | #1,884 |
| 1921 | 197 | #500 | 20 | #1,766 |
| 1920 | 195 | #492 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1919 | 194 | #479 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 169 | #540 | 18 | #1,827 |
| 1917 | 154 | #539 | 18 | #1,754 |
| 1916 | 154 | #534 | 11 | #2,389 |
| 1915 | 153 | #499 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 109 | #532 | 16 | #1,544 |
| 1913 | 94 | #525 | 13 | #1,496 |
| 1912 | 96 | #489 | 15 | #1,224 |
| 1911 | 61 | #535 | 6 | #1,537 |
| 1910 | 86 | #426 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 56 | #500 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 44 | #563 | under 5 | |
| 1907 | 50 | #507 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 42 | #541 | under 5 | |
| 1905 | 50 | #481 | under 5 | |
| 1904 | 40 | #520 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 39 | #514 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 43 | #478 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 19 | #747 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 49 | #481 | under 5 | |
| 1899 | 18 | #756 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 39 | #492 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 20 | #699 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 15 | #844 | under 5 | |
| 1895 | 15 | #816 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 19 | #682 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 21 | #631 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 12 | #861 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 9 | #943 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 | under 5 | |
| 1889 | 19 | #589 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,037 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 9 | #789 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 8 | #830 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 11 | #658 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 9 | #731 | under 5 | |
| 1881 | 14 | #447 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Adell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 7,263 Americans recorded as Adell, 86% are girls and 14% boys. In 2025 it went to 8 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Adell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adell, and how old are they?
1,880 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 26% of the 7,263 Americans ever recorded as Adell. The median Adell alive today is 71 years old; half are between 50 and 80.
The 2020 Census counted 1,901 people named Adell (1,516 women and girls, 385 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,369 born in the U.S. The Census count is 20% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 448 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 766 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 242 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 151 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 144 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 106 |
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 Adell born?
The states with the most babies named Adell are Alabama, Texas and Georgia, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 608 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Texas | 488 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Georgia | 437 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 413 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Mississippi | 342 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| South Carolina | 324 | not ranked | 2.4× |
| Virginia | 273 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 159 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Louisiana | 137 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 47 | not ranked | 0.3× |
Where Adell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adell is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 3.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Adell 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 7,625 babies since 1880, Adell is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 8 of their 28 babies (29%), the second 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 Adell
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 Adell and names like it
- Compare Adell and AidelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAdell peaked in 1920.
- Alabama’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adell since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Adell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Adell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.