How rare is the name Adelaide?

16,431 people in the United States have the first name Adelaide, about 1 in 18,382. It ranks #1,805 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ADELAIDE

#1,805

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
16,431
About
1 in 18,382
This common or more
77.1%
Who bears it

Of the 16,431 people named Adelaide, 81.3% reported their origin as White, 6.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.4% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Adelaide peaked in 2016, when 1,240 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
1,240
In 2025*
1,062 ▼14%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 35,007 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Adelaide by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #362. The largest share of babies named Adelaide, 41.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#363879
1890s#3621,319
1900s#4051,547
1910s#4843,908
1920s#6733,344
1930s#1,0611,298
1940s#1,508866
1950s#2,409498
1960s#3,919243
1970s#5,976168
1980s#5,002286
1990s#3,313724
2000s#1,5592,919
2010s#64810,225
2020s#5916,783
Before 19016.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–2723.3%
Silent Generation 1928–456.7%
Baby boom 1946–642.7%
Generation X 1965–800.8%
Millennials 1981–961.9%
Generation Z 1997–1216.1%
2013 and later41.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Adelaide is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adelaide has been most common in Utah (3.6×), Idaho (2×), and Colorado (2×), and least common in Mississippi (0.26×).

27,141 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Adelaide

1 other first name also has 16,431 people.

#1,805 Jen · 16,431

Either side of Adelaide

#1,803 Ma · 16,450#1,804 Madilyn · 16,441#1,805 Jen · 16,431#1,807 Ernestine · 16,426

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adelaide, most common first.

#3,100 Adelaida · 7,104#16,588 Adelaido · 677#38,175 Adelayda · 202#43,336 Adelida · 163

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