Adelle

Adelle was the #4,758 girls' name in the US in 2025 (28 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Adelle as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Adelle 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Adelle 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#4,758 (28)———#3,478 (5)
2024#4,114 (35)#4,844 (4)——#2,975 (6)
2023#4,276 (33)————
2022#3,703 (41)———#2,835 (6)
2021#4,326 (32)———#2,185 (9)
2020#3,015 (53)———#2,343 (8)
2019#3,085 (52)———#3,266 (5)
2018#3,004 (54)#2,901 (8)——#1,996 (10)
2017#2,320 (79)#3,229 (7)——#2,179 (9)
2016#2,269 (84)#5,785 (3)——#2,040 (10)
2015#2,194 (86)#4,736 (4)——#1,363 (17)
2014#2,038 (96)#4,684 (4)——#1,108 (23)
2013#2,002 (97)#4,050 (5)——#1,364 (17)
2012#1,518 (146)#2,969 (8)—#907 (3)#904 (29)
2011#1,311 (179)#3,185 (7)#810 (3)—#821 (33)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1906 at #642.
  • Falling 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 59,000 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 59,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Adelle is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 55,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 42,000 to 1 in 72,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adelle by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: 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: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Adelle (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdelleCanadaGirls#3,4785
AdelleEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AdelleIrelandGirls—too few
AdelleNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AdelleScotlandGirls—too few
AdelleUSGirls#4,75828