Adella
Adella was given to 66 girls in 2025, #2,608 among girls’ names; 5,998 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,610 Americans named Adella and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (44% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 10 and 65.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adella by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Adella?
#2,608 among girls’ names, 2025
Adella fell from #2,556 in 2015 to #2,608 in 2025 among girls’ names, although its share of girls born rose from 39.2 to 41.1 per million.
143 babies in 1920, the peak
Adella peaked in 1920, when 143 girls were given it, #599 among girls’ names. The 66 births of 2025 are 46% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,608 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,776 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 | 0.05 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,378 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,746 | 0.04 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,561 | 0.04 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 70 | #2,556 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 79 | #2,324 | 0.04 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,029 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,229 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,992 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,815 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,792 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,129 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,063 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,482 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,804 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,360 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,023 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,574 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,259 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,573 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,052 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,309 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,585 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,460 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,445 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,826 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,610 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,030 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,155 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,149 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,912 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,747 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,531 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,812 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,514 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,863 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,579 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,111 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,619 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,752 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,887 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,433 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,326 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,524 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,418 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,374 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,526 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,180 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,222 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,097 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,102 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 55 | #921 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 48 | #995 | 0.05 |
| 1934 | 52 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 52 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 66 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1931 | 61 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 66 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 66 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 81 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 72 | #874 | 0.06 |
| 1926 | 100 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 116 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 117 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 97 | #741 | 0.08 |
| 1922 | 109 | #701 | 0.09 |
| 1921 | 113 | #694 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 143 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 141 | #593 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 135 | #607 | 0.12 |
| 1917 | 110 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1916 | 123 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 106 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 81 | #642 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 73 | #606 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 67 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1911 | 46 | #634 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 33 | #737 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 32 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 45 | #557 | 0.13 |
| 1907 | 29 | #702 | 0.09 |
| 1906 | 31 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 34 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1904 | 25 | #700 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 26 | #654 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 22 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 31 | #547 | 0.13 |
| 1900 | 33 | #611 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 19 | #728 | 0.08 |
| 1898 | 30 | #586 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 25 | #615 | 0.11 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 30 | #538 | 0.13 |
| 1894 | 31 | #516 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 32 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 26 | #540 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 23 | #541 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 29 | #483 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 13 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1885 | 26 | #405 | 0.20 |
| 1884 | 16 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1882 | 18 | #431 | 0.17 |
| 1881 | 16 | #418 | 0.17 |
| 1880 | 26 | #309 | 0.29 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Adella a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adella 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 Adella: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adella, and how old are they?
2,610 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 44% of the 5,998 Americans ever recorded as Adella. The median Adella alive today is 21 years old; half are between 10 and 65.
The 2020 Census counted 2,481 people named Adella (2,475 women and girls, 6 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,498 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 222 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 498 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 243 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 176 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 545 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 917 |
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 Adella born?
The states with the most babies named Adella are Pennsylvania, California and Texas, with 52% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 311 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| California | 299 | #2,493 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 245 | #2,923 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 119 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 104 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Massachusetts | 96 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Illinois | 86 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 82 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 80 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Iowa | 34 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Adella is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adella is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1910 it was given 1.1 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 Adella 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 77,613 babies since 1880, Adella is the third most given (7.7% of them). In 2025 it was given to 66 of their 884 babies (7.5%), 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 Adella
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 Adella and names like it
- Compare Adella and AdeleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAdella peaked in 1920.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adella since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Adella.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Adella alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.