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Adele

/əˈdɛl/ · 100% girls · #751 in the US for girls, 2025

Adele has been given to about 42,373 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1918, which makes it a Edwardian name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation/əˈdɛl/
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 20,686
Median age today60 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Adele per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1918 · 1,036
  • Born in 2025362
  • All time42,373
  • England & Wales, 2025#732 · 51

How popular is Adele?

Adele ranks 751st among American girls in 2025, with 362 born that year. Its best year was 1918, when 1,036 babies were given the name, ranking 191st. The typical living American called Adele is about 60 years old today. It is relatively most common in New York, where it accounts for 0.03% of births.

Names that sound like Adele

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Adelle0.97
  2. Janelle0.73
  3. Danelle0.73
  4. Lavelle0.73
  5. Adalee0.73
  6. Adeline0.69
  7. Adela0.70
  8. Arielle0.69

Middle names for Adele

Ranked by flow score
  1. Adele Rose0.89
  2. Adele Marie0.89
  3. Adele Grace0.89
  4. Adele Jane0.89
  5. Adele Louise0.89
  6. Adele June0.88

Sibling names for Adele

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Estellasister · 0.97
  2. Cleoeither · 0.96
  3. Mackbrother · 0.95
  4. Lenorasister · 0.95
  5. Ceceliasister · 0.95
  6. Louiebrother · 0.95

Where Adele is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. New York0.03%
  2. Illinois0.03%
  3. New Jersey0.03%
  4. Washington0.02%
  5. Florida0.02%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Adele White0.84
  2. Adele Nguyen0.84
  3. Adele Moore0.84
  4. Adele Hill0.84
  5. Adele Hall0.84
  6. Adele Brown0.84

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Adele

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. England & Wales1996–2025
  3. Scotland1974–2020
  4. France1900–2025
  5. Norway1945–2025
  6. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Adele across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.