How Many People Are Named Adelaide?
people named Adelaide are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 15,250 people in the US has this name
Based on 35,007 babies named Adelaide in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,240 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of ADELAIDE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Adelaide in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Adelaide alive today is about 15 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Adelaide first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2016, to 1,240 babies. In 2025, 1,062 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Adelaide has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #179, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #289.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #289 |
| Best rank | #179 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #311 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Adelaide alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Adelaide were born in California than in any other state: about 1,647 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Adelaide was given 3 times as often in Utah, 2.2 times in Maine and 1.8 times in Idaho.
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