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Adele

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-DEL
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#741 for girls
US rank, 2025
#751 for girls

Adele is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 751st for girls in the US (362 babies).

What does Adele mean?

Germanic: French form of Adela

“noble”

A French form of Adela, from the Germanic element adal, 'noble'.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Adele a girl's or a boy's name?

Adele is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the UK and 362 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Adele in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#741among girls
Babies in 2025
54about 1 in 5,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 1% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Adele, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 194 girls.

Half of all the girls named Adele in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 719th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.

1996Busiest: 194 in 19982025
Adele in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202554#741
202452#785
202358#681
202260#680
202167#625
202044#877
201957#738
201864#683
201785#550
201685#548
201583#566
201478#592
201384#546
2012102#477
2011115#433
201070#624
200951#770
2008106#439
200777#538
200668#574
200568#537
200489#445
200382#461
2002127#316
2001149#290
2000179#257
1999169#265
1998194#242
1997174#253
1996181#243

How popular is Adele in the US?

Rank in 2025
#751among girls
Babies in 2025
362about 1 in 4,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 362 girls in the US were named Adele, making it the 751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 791st. Its busiest year was 1918, with 1,030 girls.

2025 had more girls named Adele than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Adele in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 390 girls in the US were given Adele or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #718, up from #751 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,030 in 19182025
Adele in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025362#751
2024353#797
2023334#825
2022344#815
2021340#816
2020344#791
2019368#760
2018297#905
2017347#791
2016443#664
2015444#645
2014366#764
2013443#634
2012564#536
2011462#625
2010287#909
2009236#1,079
2008156#1,495
2007148#1,544
2006111#1,833
2005116#1,703
2004112#1,725
2003116#1,651
200290#1,953
2001102#1,747
200094#1,823
199999#1,665
199883#1,842
199791#1,705
199679#1,838
199591#1,622
199491#1,644
199384#1,749
199272#1,923
199188#1,671
199092#1,613
198976#1,765
198880#1,613
198783#1,530
198674#1,601
198574#1,603
198487#1,362
1983100#1,252
198287#1,399
198196#1,315
198089#1,396
197999#1,283
197877#1,473
1977112#1,131
197697#1,172
1975103#1,127
1974102#1,133
1973105#1,088
197299#1,116
1971108#1,103
1970104#1,126
1969130#932
1968112#984
1967116#945
1966165#763
1965186#730
1964191#752
1963204#715
1962241#650
1961275#610
1960272#605
1959301#564
1958294#575
1957315#539
1956362#490
1955382#463
1954423#423
1953443#405
1952477#376
1951433#393
1950433#389
1949440#374
1948470#360
1947435#381
1946399#381
1945330#392
1944332#387
1943367#377
1942355#378
1941313#388
1940322#366
1939309#374
1938370#328
1937372#320
1936359#325
1935365#331
1934396#314
1933362#330
1932486#282
1931499#279
1930558#266
1929555#272
1928637#254
1927713#244
1926682#252
1925738#243
1924812#232
1923789#231
1922900#217
1921890#215
1920944#206
1919886#211
19181,030#191
1917960#192
1916902#198
1915897#188
1914709#187
1913492#210
1912418#220
1911298#228
1910288#224
1909257#220
1908192#250
1907191#247
1906199#220
1905200#221
1904163#243
1903164#232
1902172#230
1901157#233
1900186#230
1899164#213
1898165#229
1897187#202
1896152#223
1895166#210
1894151#217
1893144#214
1892123#235
1891113#227
1890133#208
1889115#215
1888116#213
188780#237
188679#232
188571#236
188471#229
188368#214
188264#208
188143#240
188041#240

Names like Adele

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alice Charlotte Emma Ada Annie Millie Eloise Lottie Anna Georgia Florence Hattie

Other spellings of Adele

Adelle

Names related to Adele

Adela Adel Adelia Adelie Adeola Adalee Adella Aidel Adlee

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry William Archie Charlie Freddie Ella Harry Albie Matilda Louie Miles Myles Charles Avery

Every Germanic name

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, “Adele: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adele, updated 20 October 2026.