first name
ADELE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 19,901 people named Adele, 77.7% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Adele peaked in 1918, when 1,036 babies got the name.
At least 42,373 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.
Adele by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #330. The largest share of babies named Adele, 35.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Adele is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Adele has been most common in New York (3.4×), New Jersey (3×), and Connecticut (2×), and least common in Arkansas (0.12×).
32,337 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.
Either side of Adele
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Adele, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Adele ranks #113,026 of 156,621, with 165 people. See Adele as a last name
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