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Adelaide

Girl

Meaning of Adelaide: German: 'noble natured'

Adelaide is a girl's name most strongly associated with German naming. It has 8 letters and 3 syllables, and it is one of today's most-chosen names — 295th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 411th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#295

1,062 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#411

104 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

35,007

First recorded 1880 · peak 2016

Trend

stable

Style: popular

Popularity over time

1981: 18 babies1982: 25 babies1983: 34 babies1984: 27 babies1985: 30 babies1986: 31 babies1987: 34 babies1988: 39 babies1989: 29 babies1990: 41 babies19901991: 48 babies1992: 49 babies1993: 55 babies1994: 76 babies1995: 62 babies1996: 81 babies1997: 91 babies1998: 106 babies1999: 115 babies2000: 134 babies20002001: 167 babies2002: 174 babies2003: 167 babies2004: 211 babies2005: 278 babies2006: 285 babies2007: 410 babies2008: 558 babies2009: 535 babies2010: 711 babies20102011: 775 babies2012: 920 babies2013: 1,020 babies2014: 1,050 babies2015: 1,163 babies2016: 1,240 babies2017: 1,163 babies2018: 1,118 babies2019: 1,065 babies2020: 1,140 babies20202021: 1,192 babies2022: 1,122 babies2023: 1,106 babies2024: 1,161 babies2025: 1,062 babies
US babies named Adelaide per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 1,240.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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