Girls' name · since 1907
Adelma
Since 1907, U.S. Social Security records show 113 babies named Adelma, peaking in 1917. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Adelma is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 113 have been recorded since 1907.
Adelma has 113 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 1934.
- #25,758 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 113 born since 1907
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelma ranks #25,758 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1907, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1907
- 1920s
- peak decade
Adelma's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adelma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Adelma's SSA record in two at 1921 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1907, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Adelma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–1934
- Peak year (1917)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Adelma by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (48 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Adelma's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Adelma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
44 births
- 1920s
1920s
48 births
- 1930s 16
1930s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 48 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Adelma's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 1930s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adelma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1907–1934 (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 Adelma 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.