Adella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-DEL-a
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Adella is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Adella mean?
Germanic: variant of Adela
“noble”
A form of Adela; Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror, was the mother of King Stephen of England.
Is Adella a girl's or a boy's name?
Adella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adella in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 6 girls.
Adella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Adella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Adella, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,500th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 143 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adella in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 267 girls in the US were given Adella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #891, up from #2,607 for this spelling alone.
- Adela 201
- Adella 66
Adella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 72 | #2,460 |
| 2020 | 69 | #2,500 |
| 2019 | 75 | #2,376 |
| 2018 | 78 | #2,334 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,744 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,560 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 79 | #2,323 |
| 2013 | 82 | #2,259 |
| 2012 | 95 | #2,028 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 66 | #2,691 |
| 2009 | 46 | #3,511 |
| 2008 | 42 | #3,778 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 37 | #3,991 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,116 |
| 1957 | 39 | #1,727 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,795 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 |
| 1954 | 34 | #1,768 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,459 |
| 1952 | 38 | #1,559 |
| 1951 | 43 | #1,433 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,678 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,696 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,326 |
| 1947 | 38 | #1,524 |
| 1946 | 38 | #1,418 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,373 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,608 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,526 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,180 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,222 |
| 1940 | 43 | #1,097 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,102 |
| 1938 | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1936 | 55 | #921 |
| 1935 | 48 | #995 |
| 1934 | 52 | #955 |
| 1933 | 52 | #947 |
| 1932 | 66 | #856 |
| 1931 | 61 | #876 |
| 1930 | 66 | #889 |
| 1929 | 66 | #876 |
| 1928 | 81 | #794 |
| 1927 | 72 | #874 |
| 1926 | 100 | #725 |
| 1925 | 116 | #684 |
| 1924 | 117 | #685 |
| 1923 | 97 | #741 |
| 1922 | 109 | #701 |
| 1921 | 113 | #694 |
| 1920 | 143 | #599 |
| 1919 | 141 | #593 |
| 1918 | 135 | #607 |
| 1917 | 110 | #649 |
| 1916 | 123 | #606 |
| 1915 | 106 | #640 |
| 1914 | 81 | #642 |
| 1913 | 73 | #606 |
| 1912 | 67 | #596 |
| 1911 | 46 | #634 |
| 1910 | 33 | #737 |
| 1909 | 32 | #706 |
| 1908 | 45 | #557 |
| 1907 | 29 | #702 |
| 1906 | 31 | #642 |
| 1905 | 34 | #600 |
| 1904 | 25 | #700 |
| 1903 | 26 | #654 |
| 1902 | 22 | #734 |
| 1901 | 31 | #547 |
| 1900 | 33 | #611 |
| 1899 | 19 | #728 |
| 1898 | 30 | #586 |
| 1897 | 25 | #615 |
| 1896 | 18 | #754 |
| 1895 | 30 | #538 |
| 1894 | 31 | #516 |
| 1893 | 32 | #473 |
| 1892 | 26 | #540 |
| 1891 | 23 | #541 |
| 1890 | 29 | #483 |
| 1889 | 30 | #439 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 |
| 1886 | 12 | #657 |
| 1885 | 26 | #405 |
| 1884 | 16 | #520 |
| 1883 | 16 | #480 |
| 1882 | 18 | #431 |
| 1881 | 16 | #418 |
| 1880 | 26 | #309 |
Nicknames for Adella
Names like Adella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ada Matilda Etta Ella Harriet Eliza Amelia Ottilie Alice Lottie Clara Emma
Other spellings of Adella
Names related to Adella
More Germanic names
Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Freddie Harry Millie Albie Louie Miles Myles Charles Avery Reggie
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, “Adella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adella, updated 20 October 2026.