How Many People Are Named Adela?
people named Adela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 35,943 people in the US has this name
Based on 14,105 babies named Adela in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
227 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Originally a short form of names beginning with the Germanic element adal meaning "noble". Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Adela in English. Counting Adela and these spellings together, about 12,152 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Adela in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Adela alive today is about 35 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 59 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Adela first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2015, to 227 babies. In 2025, 201 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
π Rank History
Adela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #447, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,151.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,151 |
| Best rank | #447 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,277 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Adela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Adela were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,470 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Adela was given 8.4 times as often in New Mexico, 5.2 times in Texas and 2.9 times in California.
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