NameTides

Adelia

Adelia was the #2,117 girls' name in the US in 2025 (88 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Adelia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Adelia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Adelia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, 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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,117 (88)#2,788 (9)#782 (37)
2024#2,080 (92)#2,116 (13)#875 (32)
2023#2,195 (86)#2,928 (8)#1,108 (22)
2022#2,404 (76)#2,178 (12)#1,056 (24)
2021#2,440 (73)#3,519 (6)#925 (30)
2020#2,170 (83)#2,300 (11)#971 (27)
2019#2,155 (86)#2,869 (8)#1,067 (24)
2018#2,098 (91)#3,178 (7)#1,002 (26)
2017#1,828 (112)#2,706 (9)#1,000 (26)
2016#2,117 (92)#5,785 (3)#1,109 (23)
2015#2,259 (83)#4,103 (5)#1,427 (16)
2014#2,469 (73)#4,003 (5)#2,026 (10)
2013#2,870 (59)#3,160 (7)#2,204 (9)
2012#2,232 (84)—#2,601 (7)
2011#3,092 (54)#5,785 (3)#2,899 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1884 at #322.
  • 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 18,000 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 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Adelia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adelia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #1,271OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Adelia (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#23825

Adelia (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
AdeliaCanadaGirls#78237
AdeliaEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
AdeliaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AdeliaUSGirls#2,11788