How Many People Are Named Adel?
people named Adel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 146,941 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,002 babies named Adel in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of ADIL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Adel, 38% were girls and 62% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Adel fell from 94.4% in the 1910s to 41% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1990s, at 16.5%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Adel alive today is about 26 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Adel first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 2006, to 65 babies. In 2025, 53 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Adel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,169, in 1992. In 2025 it ranked #4,707. Among girls, its best rank was #986, in 1895.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,707 | #4,354 |
| Best rank | #2,169 (1992) | #986 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,736 in the 2000s | #1,996 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Adel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Adel were born in New York than in any other state: about 196 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Adel was given 5.4 times as often in New York, 3.3 times in Georgia and 2.6 times in California.
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