Total births
24
Girls' name · since 1976
Adilah
Adilah has 24 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 24
- total births
- 1976–1983
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
Adilah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 24 recorded since 1976.
Adilah has 24 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1983.
- 24 total births
- 1976–1983 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 75% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
24 girls have been named Adilah since 1976, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1983.
- 24
- total births
- 1976–1983
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade
75% of everyone ever named Adilah was born in this single decade.
1983
Single peak year
10 babies were named Adilah in 1983 - its busiest year on record.
Adilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adilah splits its recorded history at 1980: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1976 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adilah at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
1983
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1976
Adilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1983
- Peak year (1983)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Adilah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Adilah's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Adilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (75% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Adilah? ▼
Adilah has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1976, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1983. 10 babies were born in 1983, its single highest year.
When was Adilah most popular? ▼
Adilah was most popular in the 1980s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 1983.
How long has the name Adilah been used? ▼
Records for Adilah go back to 1976, giving 8 years of history through 1983.
What names are similar to Adilah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Adina, Adilene, Aditi, Adilynn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Adilah
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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Adilah
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Adilynn Girl
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1976–1983 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Adilah: Baby Name Since 1976 - 24 Births, Peak 1983." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/adilah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Adilah 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 July 2026.