Adelie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-DAY-lee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Adelie is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Adelie mean?
Germanic: French Adelie, related to Adele
“noble”
Adelie Land in Antarctica, and so the Adelie penguin, were named by explorer Dumont d'Urville after his wife Adele.
Is Adelie a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adelie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 145% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Adelie, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Adelie of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Adelie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Adelie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Adelie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Adelie, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Adelie in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adelie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 48 | #3,296 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,182 |
| 2013 | 51 | #3,165 |
| 2012 | 44 | #3,582 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
Nicknames for Adelie
- Addie 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adelie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelie Elodie Arabella Aria Indie Maisie Avery Alina Harper Amelia Sylvie Isla
Names related to Adelie
More Germanic names
Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Adelie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelie, updated 20 October 2026.