Adela
Girl · a-DEL-a · Germanic
Adela is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 1,150th for girls in the US (201 babies).
What does Adela mean?
Germanic
“noble”
Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror, was the mother of King Stephen of England.
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Is Adela a girl's or a boy's name?
Adela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 201 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,570among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 14,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Adela, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.
Adela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 26 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 41 | #920 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 39 | #981 |
| 2018 | 26 | #1,335 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 32 | #1,160 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 40 | #987 |
| 2012 | 38 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,792 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Adela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,150among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 201about 1 in 8,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 201 girls in the US were named Adela, making it the 1,150th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,165th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 227 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Adela than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Adela in the US since 1880 were born between 1934 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 267 girls in the US were given Adela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #891, up from #1,150 for this spelling alone.
- Adela 201
- Adella 66
Adela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 201 | #1,150 |
| 2024 | 224 | #1,098 |
| 2023 | 215 | #1,129 |
| 2022 | 222 | #1,114 |
| 2021 | 205 | #1,187 |
| 2020 | 200 | #1,165 |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,209 |
| 2018 | 188 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 184 | #1,282 |
| 2016 | 202 | #1,217 |
| 2015 | 227 | #1,124 |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,291 |
| 2013 | 209 | #1,148 |
| 2012 | 210 | #1,167 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,469 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,658 |
| 2009 | 165 | #1,420 |
| 2008 | 150 | #1,539 |
| 2007 | 143 | #1,579 |
| 2006 | 141 | #1,546 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,432 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,613 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 135 | #1,417 |
| 2001 | 119 | #1,559 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,454 |
| 1999 | 112 | #1,523 |
| 1998 | 152 | #1,210 |
| 1997 | 107 | #1,512 |
| 1996 | 95 | #1,613 |
| 1995 | 97 | #1,558 |
| 1994 | 107 | #1,473 |
| 1993 | 97 | #1,575 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 105 | #1,487 |
| 1990 | 93 | #1,601 |
| 1989 | 85 | #1,625 |
| 1988 | 57 | #2,046 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,726 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 63 | #1,755 |
| 1981 | 81 | #1,490 |
| 1980 | 77 | #1,528 |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,420 |
| 1978 | 77 | #1,473 |
| 1977 | 74 | #1,483 |
| 1976 | 80 | #1,343 |
| 1975 | 70 | #1,459 |
| 1974 | 85 | #1,268 |
| 1973 | 77 | #1,312 |
| 1972 | 73 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 76 | #1,389 |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,201 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 70 | #1,324 |
| 1967 | 64 | #1,372 |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,209 |
| 1965 | 91 | #1,097 |
| 1964 | 100 | #1,091 |
| 1963 | 108 | #1,026 |
| 1962 | 108 | #1,038 |
| 1961 | 100 | #1,095 |
| 1960 | 111 | #1,019 |
| 1959 | 105 | #1,035 |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 121 | #935 |
| 1956 | 127 | #884 |
| 1955 | 120 | #889 |
| 1954 | 121 | #864 |
| 1953 | 129 | #808 |
| 1952 | 106 | #896 |
| 1951 | 125 | #793 |
| 1950 | 122 | #784 |
| 1949 | 111 | #834 |
| 1948 | 142 | #699 |
| 1947 | 119 | #796 |
| 1946 | 122 | #732 |
| 1945 | 110 | #712 |
| 1944 | 100 | #762 |
| 1943 | 71 | #922 |
| 1942 | 95 | #780 |
| 1941 | 90 | #751 |
| 1940 | 83 | #772 |
| 1939 | 79 | #766 |
| 1938 | 74 | #821 |
| 1937 | 57 | #910 |
| 1936 | 71 | #800 |
| 1935 | 86 | #723 |
| 1934 | 68 | #815 |
| 1933 | 78 | #745 |
| 1932 | 101 | #670 |
| 1931 | 81 | #748 |
| 1930 | 110 | #655 |
| 1929 | 105 | #683 |
| 1928 | 110 | #666 |
| 1927 | 118 | #659 |
| 1926 | 111 | #690 |
| 1925 | 113 | #693 |
| 1924 | 130 | #656 |
| 1923 | 121 | #674 |
| 1922 | 120 | #661 |
| 1921 | 157 | #573 |
| 1920 | 161 | #565 |
| 1919 | 151 | #562 |
| 1918 | 163 | #554 |
| 1917 | 138 | #572 |
| 1916 | 154 | #533 |
| 1915 | 116 | #607 |
| 1914 | 74 | #676 |
| 1913 | 61 | #667 |
| 1912 | 65 | #608 |
| 1911 | 63 | #522 |
| 1910 | 55 | #550 |
| 1909 | 49 | #541 |
| 1908 | 35 | #649 |
| 1907 | 38 | #601 |
| 1906 | 44 | #515 |
| 1905 | 36 | #579 |
| 1904 | 41 | #511 |
| 1903 | 28 | #628 |
| 1902 | 33 | #571 |
| 1901 | 35 | #513 |
| 1900 | 38 | #556 |
| 1899 | 36 | #490 |
| 1898 | 39 | #491 |
| 1897 | 29 | #554 |
| 1896 | 28 | #576 |
| 1895 | 34 | #499 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 |
| 1892 | 23 | #579 |
| 1891 | 28 | #483 |
| 1890 | 23 | #548 |
| 1889 | 29 | #454 |
| 1888 | 21 | #548 |
| 1887 | 17 | #537 |
| 1886 | 8 | #828 |
| 1885 | 13 | #608 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 15 | #499 |
| 1882 | 17 | #446 |
| 1881 | 7 | #679 |
| 1880 | 9 | #580 |
Nicknames for Adela
- Della 31 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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