Adalei
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AD-uh-lay
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Adalei is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Adalei come from?
Modern: spelling of Adalee, blend of Ada and Lee
Is Adalei a girl's or a boy's name?
Adalei is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adalei in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Adalei, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the girls named Adalei in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adalei in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
Nicknames for Adalei
- Ada 1,129 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adalei
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amoura Ailany Jaylani Khaleesi Azari Daleyza Addilyn Malani Alaia Analeia Kehlani Emberly
Names related to Adalei
More Modern names
Jayden Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adalei: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adalei, updated 20 October 2026.