Girls' name · since 1880
Adelle
Adelle has 5,492 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,758 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,492
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adelle is the #4758 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 5,492 recorded since 1880.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelle has been recorded 5,492 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #4758 nationally and more common than 72% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #2,420 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,758 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,492 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelle ranks #2,420 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,758 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,492 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,758 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,492
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelle's 5,492 recorded births place it above 96.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Adelle compares
5,492 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
Adelle's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adelle | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,492 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 179 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adelle's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adelle's SSA record in two at 1956 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 179, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adelle popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 179
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Adelle by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,022 births, 19% of the file).
2010s was Adelle's strongest decade.
1,022 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Adelle births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 30
1880s
30 births
- 1890s 109
1890s
109 births
- 1900s 174
1900s
174 births
- 1910s
1910s
682 births
- 1920s
1920s
797 births
- 1930s 373
1930s
373 births
- 1940s 254
1940s
254 births
- 1950s 229
1950s
229 births
- 1960s 150
1960s
150 births
- 1970s 187
1970s
187 births
- 1980s 263
1980s
263 births
- 1990s 276
1990s
276 births
- 2000s
2000s
724 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,022 births
- 2020s 222
2020s
222 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,022 births (19% of all-time use).
How Adelle 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 Adelle's total volume
Adelle by state
Where Adelle concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 300 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 274 | 5.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 268 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 144 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 92 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 70 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 57 | 1.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 46 | 0.8% |
300 of 5,492 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Adelle appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adelle's data
- Adelle's decade-level peak was the 2010s (1,022 total births); usage has since declined to 222 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Adelles (300 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Adelle: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
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 Adelle 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.