Adelaide
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AD-a-layd
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #361 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #289 for girls
Adelaide is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble kind”. In 2025 it ranked 361st for girls in the UK (132 babies) and 289th for girls in the US (1,062 babies).
What does Adelaide mean?
Germanic: via French
“noble kind”
Queen Adelaide, wife of William IV, gave her name to the Australian city of Adelaide.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Adelaide a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelaide is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 132 girls in the UK and 1,062 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adelaide in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #361among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 132about 1 in 2,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 132 girls in the UK were named Adelaide, making it the 361st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 502nd.
2025 had the most girls named Adelaide of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Adelaide in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 342nd in England and Wales, 780th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
Adelaide in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 132 | #361 |
| 2024 | 109 | #433 |
| 2023 | 128 | #368 |
| 2022 | 117 | #409 |
| 2021 | 126 | #396 |
| 2020 | 88 | #502 |
| 2019 | 90 | #509 |
| 2018 | 70 | #636 |
| 2017 | 80 | #593 |
| 2016 | 73 | #631 |
| 2015 | 75 | #619 |
| 2014 | 56 | #754 |
| 2013 | 67 | #664 |
| 2012 | 38 | #1,019 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 38 | #968 |
| 2009 | 42 | #879 |
| 2008 | 42 | #855 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 27 | #1,087 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 32 | #877 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 35 | #758 |
| 1996 | 19 | #1,090 |
How popular is Adelaide in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #289among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,062about 1 in 1,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,062 girls in the US were named Adelaide, making it the 289th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 272nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 1,240 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Adelaide than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Adelaide in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adelaide in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,062 | #289 |
| 2024 | 1,161 | #271 |
| 2023 | 1,106 | #286 |
| 2022 | 1,122 | #282 |
| 2021 | 1,192 | #261 |
| 2020 | 1,140 | #272 |
| 2019 | 1,065 | #304 |
| 2018 | 1,118 | #297 |
| 2017 | 1,163 | #277 |
| 2016 | 1,240 | #255 |
| 2015 | 1,163 | #272 |
| 2014 | 1,050 | #317 |
| 2013 | 1,020 | #320 |
| 2012 | 920 | #346 |
| 2011 | 775 | #408 |
| 2010 | 711 | #434 |
| 2009 | 535 | #571 |
| 2008 | 558 | #551 |
| 2007 | 410 | #713 |
| 2006 | 285 | #926 |
| 2005 | 278 | #901 |
| 2004 | 211 | #1,086 |
| 2003 | 167 | #1,253 |
| 2002 | 174 | #1,178 |
| 2001 | 167 | #1,212 |
| 2000 | 134 | #1,385 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,490 |
| 1998 | 106 | #1,555 |
| 1997 | 91 | #1,705 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,804 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 48 | #2,544 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 17 | #3,773 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,529 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 39 | #1,764 |
| 1958 | 33 | #1,907 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,587 |
| 1956 | 49 | #1,519 |
| 1955 | 44 | #1,536 |
| 1954 | 55 | #1,343 |
| 1953 | 53 | #1,331 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,255 |
| 1951 | 58 | #1,214 |
| 1950 | 64 | #1,152 |
| 1949 | 65 | #1,120 |
| 1948 | 84 | #949 |
| 1947 | 80 | #983 |
| 1946 | 66 | #1,041 |
| 1945 | 67 | #925 |
| 1944 | 75 | #881 |
| 1943 | 113 | #725 |
| 1942 | 95 | #780 |
| 1941 | 111 | #669 |
| 1940 | 110 | #660 |
| 1939 | 97 | #693 |
| 1938 | 117 | #635 |
| 1937 | 110 | #646 |
| 1936 | 128 | #586 |
| 1935 | 102 | #646 |
| 1934 | 139 | #544 |
| 1933 | 118 | #594 |
| 1932 | 130 | #576 |
| 1931 | 148 | #543 |
| 1930 | 209 | #465 |
| 1929 | 220 | #444 |
| 1928 | 240 | #438 |
| 1927 | 281 | #409 |
| 1926 | 275 | #409 |
| 1925 | 308 | #391 |
| 1924 | 330 | #376 |
| 1923 | 368 | #343 |
| 1922 | 414 | #320 |
| 1921 | 437 | #312 |
| 1920 | 471 | #299 |
| 1919 | 489 | #286 |
| 1918 | 486 | #286 |
| 1917 | 537 | #268 |
| 1916 | 449 | #280 |
| 1915 | 502 | #262 |
| 1914 | 396 | #259 |
| 1913 | 321 | #257 |
| 1912 | 299 | #258 |
| 1911 | 223 | #259 |
| 1910 | 206 | #270 |
| 1909 | 198 | #254 |
| 1908 | 167 | #273 |
| 1907 | 150 | #285 |
| 1906 | 154 | #266 |
| 1905 | 130 | #291 |
| 1904 | 123 | #288 |
| 1903 | 144 | #256 |
| 1902 | 151 | #256 |
| 1901 | 147 | #238 |
| 1900 | 183 | #233 |
| 1899 | 144 | #229 |
| 1898 | 148 | #242 |
| 1897 | 142 | #233 |
| 1896 | 130 | #245 |
| 1895 | 142 | #230 |
| 1894 | 136 | #228 |
| 1893 | 144 | #214 |
| 1892 | 112 | #248 |
| 1891 | 119 | #221 |
| 1890 | 102 | #242 |
| 1889 | 105 | #227 |
| 1888 | 98 | #233 |
| 1887 | 104 | #197 |
| 1886 | 94 | #204 |
| 1885 | 94 | #194 |
| 1884 | 98 | #181 |
| 1883 | 85 | #179 |
| 1882 | 74 | #186 |
| 1881 | 62 | #192 |
| 1880 | 65 | #186 |
Nicknames for Adelaide
Names like Adelaide
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eloise Annabelle Olive Elodie Ada Clementine Matilda Ottilie Isabelle Phoebe Ivy-Rose Amelia
Other spellings of Adelaide
Names related to Adelaide
More Germanic names
Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Louie Miles Alice Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Adelaide: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelaide, updated 20 October 2026.