Adelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-DEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Adelle is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Adelle mean?
Germanic: spelling of Adele
“noble”
A spelling of Adele, the French form of Adela, from Germanic adal, 'noble'.
Is Adelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelle 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 Adelle in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 32 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Adelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,333 |
| 2001 | 23 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 22 | #1,043 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 27 | #891 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 32 | #778 |
How popular is Adelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Adelle, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 179 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Adelle than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Adelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 390 girls in the US were given Adelle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #718, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
- Adele 362
- Adelle 28
Adelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,701 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 52 | #3,084 |
| 2018 | 54 | #3,003 |
| 2017 | 79 | #2,320 |
| 2016 | 84 | #2,269 |
| 2015 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2014 | 96 | #2,038 |
| 2013 | 97 | #2,002 |
| 2012 | 146 | #1,518 |
| 2011 | 179 | #1,311 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,500 |
| 2009 | 124 | #1,756 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,165 |
| 2005 | 71 | #2,453 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 28 | #3,775 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 27 | #2,908 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 18 | #3,435 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,221 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,963 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,399 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 19 | #2,677 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,542 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 24 | #2,121 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,575 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,881 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,807 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,794 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | 24 | #1,591 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,474 |
| 1938 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1937 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,296 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1934 | 37 | #1,166 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,024 |
| 1932 | 44 | #1,070 |
| 1931 | 51 | #970 |
| 1930 | 46 | #1,084 |
| 1929 | 59 | #932 |
| 1928 | 71 | #862 |
| 1927 | 63 | #955 |
| 1926 | 76 | #843 |
| 1925 | 82 | #819 |
| 1924 | 80 | #839 |
| 1923 | 92 | #757 |
| 1922 | 91 | #766 |
| 1921 | 88 | #779 |
| 1920 | 95 | #739 |
| 1919 | 95 | #717 |
| 1918 | 105 | #702 |
| 1917 | 95 | #708 |
| 1916 | 92 | #714 |
| 1915 | 77 | #752 |
| 1914 | 62 | #726 |
| 1913 | 52 | #721 |
| 1912 | 40 | #786 |
| 1911 | 35 | #733 |
| 1910 | 29 | #794 |
| 1909 | 17 | #990 |
| 1908 | 24 | #791 |
| 1907 | 24 | #760 |
| 1906 | 31 | #642 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 15 | #938 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 13 | #906 |
| 1898 | 15 | #886 |
| 1897 | 15 | #826 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 12 | #905 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,175 |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,017 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 14 | #727 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Nicknames for Adelle
Names like Adelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alice, Charlotte, Emma, Sophie, Millie, Grace, Ella, Anna, Eloise, Phoebe, Ada, Isabelle
Other spellings of Adelle
Names related to Adelle
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, William, Archie, Charlie, Freddie, Harry, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Myles, Charles, Lottie, Avery
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, “Adelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelle, updated 20 October 2026.