Adelita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-deh-LEE-ta
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Adelita is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Adelita mean?
Germanic: Spanish pet form of Adela
“noble”
La Adelita, a famous song of the Mexican Revolution, made the name a symbol of the women soldiers, the soldaderas.
Is Adelita a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adelita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Adelita, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 1961, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Adelita in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adelita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 32 | #2,629 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,715 |
| 1976 | 26 | #2,864 |
| 1975 | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1974 | 36 | #2,213 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 35 | #2,247 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 33 | #2,208 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 34 | #1,982 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,474 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,703 |
| 1962 | 32 | #2,072 |
| 1961 | 43 | #1,741 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,024 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 20 | #2,471 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,026 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,640 |
| 1951 | 32 | #1,700 |
| 1950 | 33 | #1,625 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,696 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 22 | #1,969 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
Nicknames for Adelita
- Lita 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adelita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alicia, Alana, Alina, Adriana, Esmeralda, Angela, Alexandra, Ana, Angelica, Alanna, Ariana, Alison
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Adelita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelita, updated 20 October 2026.