Adelia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-DEE-lee-uh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,117 for girls
Adelia is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 2,117th for girls in the US (88 babies).
What does Adelia mean?
Germanic: Latinate elaboration of Adele
“noble”
An elaboration of Adele, from the Germanic element adal, 'noble'.
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Is Adelia a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 88 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adelia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Adelia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adelia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Adelia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Adelia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,117among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 88about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were named Adelia, making it the 2,117th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 112 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adelia in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adelia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 88 | #2,117 |
| 2024 | 92 | #2,080 |
| 2023 | 86 | #2,195 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,404 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 91 | #2,098 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,828 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,117 |
| 2015 | 83 | #2,259 |
| 2014 | 73 | #2,469 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,869 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 54 | #3,091 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 40 | #3,794 |
| 2005 | 38 | #3,805 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 40 | #3,528 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 25 | #4,363 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 22 | #3,612 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 25 | #2,645 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 18 | #2,937 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 29 | #2,209 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 27 | #1,972 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 34 | #1,636 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,352 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,819 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,632 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,375 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 39 | #1,271 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,394 |
| 1942 | 39 | #1,278 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,310 |
| 1940 | 34 | #1,272 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,291 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,182 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,115 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 35 | #1,205 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 38 | #1,162 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,043 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,041 |
| 1929 | 45 | #1,094 |
| 1928 | 59 | #967 |
| 1927 | 64 | #935 |
| 1926 | 62 | #952 |
| 1925 | 58 | #976 |
| 1924 | 71 | #893 |
| 1923 | 59 | #966 |
| 1922 | 62 | #939 |
| 1921 | 64 | #928 |
| 1920 | 94 | #746 |
| 1919 | 72 | #828 |
| 1918 | 80 | #796 |
| 1917 | 77 | #788 |
| 1916 | 81 | #761 |
| 1915 | 82 | #734 |
| 1914 | 46 | #864 |
| 1913 | 38 | #852 |
| 1912 | 51 | #704 |
| 1911 | 38 | #704 |
| 1910 | 41 | #663 |
| 1909 | 37 | #644 |
| 1908 | 35 | #649 |
| 1907 | 36 | #624 |
| 1906 | 36 | #595 |
| 1905 | 41 | #536 |
| 1904 | 37 | #545 |
| 1903 | 28 | #628 |
| 1902 | 34 | #559 |
| 1901 | 39 | #481 |
| 1900 | 50 | #478 |
| 1899 | 36 | #490 |
| 1898 | 42 | #475 |
| 1897 | 47 | #425 |
| 1896 | 35 | #499 |
| 1895 | 41 | #440 |
| 1894 | 32 | #504 |
| 1893 | 45 | #399 |
| 1892 | 39 | #428 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 |
| 1890 | 30 | #475 |
| 1889 | 41 | #379 |
| 1888 | 42 | #369 |
| 1887 | 40 | #337 |
| 1886 | 28 | #406 |
| 1885 | 23 | #438 |
| 1884 | 37 | #322 |
| 1883 | 30 | #324 |
| 1882 | 23 | #372 |
| 1881 | 21 | #360 |
| 1880 | 18 | #388 |
Nicknames for Adelia
Names like Adelia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelia Ada Aurelia Ophelia Matilda Ottilie Lottie Amalia Etta Emilia Eliza Cecilia
Names related to Adelia
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, “Adelia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelia, updated 20 October 2026.