NameTides

Adela

Adela was the #1,150 girls' name in the US in 2025 (201 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,882 in Canada.

Adela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Adela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Adela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,150 (201)#1,512 (20)—#885 (3)#1,882 (12)
2024#1,098 (224)#1,603 (19)—#631 (5)#1,617 (14)
2023#1,129 (215)#1,325 (24)—#727 (4)#1,369 (17)
2022#1,114 (222)#910 (38)#760 (3)—#1,313 (18)
2021#1,187 (205)#1,161 (29)—#883 (3)#1,681 (13)
2020#1,165 (200)#1,164 (28)——#2,343 (8)
2019#1,209 (193)#936 (38)—#716 (4)#1,533 (15)
2018#1,237 (188)#1,314 (25)—#568 (6)#1,639 (13)
2017#1,282 (184)#1,082 (32)—#579 (6)#1,584 (14)
2016#1,217 (202)#1,172 (29)—#868 (3)#1,335 (18)
2015#1,124 (227)#1,114 (31)—#896 (3)#1,202 (20)
2014#1,291 (184)#1,234 (27)#802 (3)#494 (8)#1,681 (13)
2013#1,148 (209)#982 (37)#816 (3)#540 (7)#2,204 (9)
2012#1,167 (210)#1,037 (34)#665 (4)#677 (5)#2,338 (8)
2011#1,469 (152)#1,545 (19)—#510 (8)#2,156 (9)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1889 at #454.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Adela is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,800 to 1 in 8,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #852ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #766CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Adela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696
Ontario2024#1,5856

Adela (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdelaCanadaGirls#1,88212
AdelaEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
AdelaIrelandGirls#8853
AdelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AdelaScotlandGirls—too few
AdelaUSGirls#1,150201