NameTides

Adele

Adele was the #751 girls' name in the US in 2025 (362 babies), and #719 in England & Wales and #115 in Canada.

Adele as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Adele as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & WalesScotland
Adele as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#751 (362)#719 (51)#780 (3)——#115 (234)
2024#797 (353)#767 (49)#790 (3)—#441 (8)#141 (196)
2023#825 (334)#647 (56)——#625 (5)#109 (229)
2022#815 (344)#655 (57)#760 (3)—#502 (7)#120 (211)
2021#816 (340)#603 (64)#792 (3)—#661 (5)#122 (222)
2020#791 (344)#853 (42)——#375 (10)#111 (227)
2019#760 (368)#717 (54)#765 (3)—#502 (7)#128 (214)
2018#905 (297)#670 (60)#680 (4)—#512 (7)#127 (216)
2017#791 (347)#526 (82)#808 (3)—#651 (5)#119 (233)
2016#664 (443)#550 (77)#413 (8)—#476 (8)#135 (221)
2015#645 (444)#585 (72)#455 (7)#358 (4)#532 (7)#114 (263)
2014#764 (366)#597 (69)#395 (9)—#427 (10)#104 (272)
2013#634 (443)#593 (69)#267 (15)—#424 (10)#137 (218)
2012#536 (564)#487 (90)#335 (12)—#264 (19)#124 (241)
2011#625 (462)#458 (93)#244 (18)#363 (4)#325 (15)#172 (187)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1914 at #187.
  • 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 4,400 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 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 640common

Next year

On its recent trend, Adele is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,300 to 1 in 4,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adele by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #511WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #304NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #404NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #616CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #634CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #531FL
Adele (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#28181
Ontario2024#67518

Adele (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
AdeleCanadaGirls#115234
AdeleEngland & WalesGirls#71951
AdeleIrelandGirls—too few
AdeleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AdeleScotlandGirls#7803
AdeleUSGirls#751362
AdeleUSBoys—too few