How Many People Are Named Adelia?

2,884

people named Adelia are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 118,510 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,717 babies named Adelia in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,303

πŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#2,974

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Peak Year

2017

112 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English, Spanish
Pronunciation: Ι™-DEL-ee-Ι™ (English)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Elaborated form of ADELA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Adelia in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Adelia alive today is about 31 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 54 in 2025.

Under 30 1,770
61.4%
30 to 59 482
16.7%
60 and over 632
21.9%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Adelia first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2017, to 112 babies. In 2025, 88 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Adelia has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #322, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #2,117.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,117
Best rank#322 (1884)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,357 in the 2010s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Adelia alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Adelia were born in California than in any other state: about 233 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Adelia was given 3.4 times as often in Texas, 2.4 times in California and 1.6 times in New York.

California 233
Texas 201
New York 82
Illinois 43
Washington 30
Florida 23
Ohio 17
North Carolina 17
Wisconsin 16
Minnesota 6
Oregon 6
Missouri 5
Pennsylvania 5
Indiana 5
Colorado 5
New Mexico 1
Michigan 1

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