Adele is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has grown less common since.
Adele is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #751 for girl births in the United States (and #1,478 across all names), given to 362 babies. Adele was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (1,030 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 362 | 362 | #751 | — |
| 2024 | 353 | 353 | #797 | — |
| 2023 | 334 | 334 | #825 | — |
| 2022 | 344 | 344 | #815 | — |
| 2021 | 340 | 340 | #816 | — |
| 2020 | 344 | 344 | #791 | — |
| 2019 | 368 | 368 | #760 | — |
| 2018 | 297 | 297 | #905 | — |
| 2017 | 347 | 347 | #791 | — |
| 2016 | 443 | 443 | #664 | — |
| 2015 | 444 | 444 | #645 | — |
| 2014 | 366 | 366 | #764 | — |
| 2013 | 443 | 443 | #634 | — |
| 2012 | 564 | 564 | #536 | — |
| 2011 | 462 | 462 | #625 | — |
| 2010 | 287 | 287 | #910 | — |
| 2009 | 236 | 236 | #1,079 | — |
| 2008 | 156 | 156 | #1,495 | — |
| 2007 | 148 | 148 | #1,544 | — |
| 2006 | 111 | 111 | #1,833 | — |
| 2005 | 116 | 116 | #1,705 | — |
| 2004 | 112 | 112 | #1,726 | — |
| 2003 | 116 | 116 | #1,652 | — |
| 2002 | 90 | 90 | #1,955 | — |
| 2001 | 102 | 102 | #1,750 | — |
| 2000 | 94 | 94 | #1,827 | — |
| 1999 | 99 | 99 | #1,667 | — |
| 1998 | 83 | 83 | #1,845 | — |
| 1997 | 91 | — | #1,708 | — |
| 1996 | 79 | — | #1,840 | — |
| 1995 | 91 | — | #1,626 | — |
| 1994 | 91 | — | #1,649 | — |
| 1993 | 84 | — | #1,753 | — |
| 1992 | 72 | — | #1,928 | — |
| 1991 | 88 | — | #1,677 | — |
| 1990 | 92 | — | #1,617 | — |
| 1989 | 76 | — | #1,769 | — |
| 1988 | 80 | — | #1,614 | — |
| 1987 | 83 | — | #1,531 | — |
| 1986 | 74 | — | #1,602 | — |
| 1985 | 74 | — | #1,604 | — |
| 1984 | 87 | — | #1,362 | — |
| 1983 | 100 | — | #1,252 | — |
| 1982 | 87 | — | #1,399 | — |
| 1981 | 96 | — | #1,315 | — |
| 1980 | 89 | — | #1,396 | — |
| 1979 | 99 | — | #1,283 | — |
| 1978 | 77 | — | #1,474 | — |
| 1977 | 112 | — | #1,131 | — |
| 1976 | 97 | — | #1,172 | — |
| 1975 | 103 | — | #1,127 | — |
| 1974 | 102 | — | #1,133 | — |
| 1973 | 105 | — | #1,088 | — |
| 1972 | 99 | — | #1,116 | — |
| 1971 | 108 | — | #1,103 | — |
| 1970 | 104 | — | #1,126 | — |
| 1969 | 130 | — | #932 | — |
| 1968 | 112 | — | #984 | — |
| 1967 | 116 | — | #945 | — |
| 1966 | 165 | — | #763 | — |
| 1965 | 186 | — | #730 | — |
| 1964 | 191 | — | #752 | — |
| 1963 | 204 | — | #715 | — |
| 1962 | 241 | — | #650 | — |
| 1961 | 275 | — | #610 | — |
| 1960 | 272 | — | #605 | — |
| 1959 | 301 | — | #564 | — |
| 1958 | 294 | — | #575 | — |
| 1957 | 315 | — | #540 | — |
| 1956 | 362 | — | #491 | — |
| 1955 | 382 | — | #464 | — |
| 1954 | 423 | — | #424 | — |
| 1953 | 443 | — | #406 | — |
| 1952 | 477 | — | #377 | — |
| 1951 | 433 | — | #394 | — |
| 1950 | 433 | — | #390 | — |
| 1949 | 440 | — | #375 | — |
| 1948 | 470 | — | #360 | — |
| 1947 | 435 | — | #381 | — |
| 1946 | 399 | — | #381 | — |
| 1945 | 330 | — | #392 | — |
| 1944 | 332 | — | #387 | — |
| 1943 | 367 | — | #377 | — |
| 1942 | 355 | — | #378 | — |
| 1941 | 313 | — | #388 | — |
| 1940 | 322 | — | #366 | — |
| 1939 | 309 | — | #374 | — |
| 1938 | 370 | — | #328 | — |
| 1937 | 372 | — | #320 | — |
| 1936 | 359 | — | #325 | — |
| 1935 | 365 | — | #331 | — |
| 1934 | 396 | — | #314 | — |
| 1933 | 362 | — | #330 | — |
| 1932 | 486 | — | #282 | — |
| 1931 | 499 | — | #279 | — |
| 1930 | 558 | — | #266 | — |
| 1929 | 555 | — | #272 | — |
| 1928 | 637 | — | #254 | — |
| 1927 | 713 | — | #244 | — |
| 1926 | 682 | — | #252 | — |
| 1925 | 738 | — | #243 | — |
| 1924 | 812 | — | #232 | — |
| 1923 | 789 | — | #231 | — |
| 1922 | 900 | — | #217 | — |
| 1921 | 890 | — | #215 | — |
| 1920 | 944 | — | #206 | — |
| 1919 | 886 | — | #211 | — |
| 1918 | 1,036 | — | #191 | #3,731 |
| 1917 | 960 | — | #192 | — |
| 1916 | 902 | — | #198 | — |
| 1915 | 897 | — | #188 | — |
| 1914 | 709 | — | #187 | — |
| 1913 | 492 | — | #210 | — |
| 1912 | 418 | — | #220 | — |
| 1911 | 298 | — | #228 | — |
| 1910 | 288 | — | #224 | — |
| 1909 | 257 | — | #220 | — |
| 1908 | 197 | — | #250 | #1,373 |
| 1907 | 191 | — | #247 | — |
| 1906 | 199 | — | #220 | — |
| 1905 | 200 | — | #221 | — |
| 1904 | 163 | — | #243 | — |
| 1903 | 164 | — | #232 | — |
| 1902 | 172 | — | #230 | — |
| 1901 | 157 | — | #233 | — |
| 1900 | 186 | — | #230 | — |
| 1899 | 164 | — | #213 | — |
| 1898 | 165 | — | #229 | — |
| 1897 | 187 | — | #202 | — |
| 1896 | 152 | — | #223 | — |
| 1895 | 166 | — | #210 | — |
| 1894 | 151 | — | #217 | — |
| 1893 | 144 | — | #215 | — |
| 1892 | 123 | — | #235 | — |
| 1891 | 113 | — | #227 | — |
| 1890 | 133 | — | #208 | — |
| 1889 | 115 | — | #215 | — |
| 1888 | 116 | — | #213 | — |
| 1887 | 80 | — | #237 | — |
| 1886 | 79 | — | #232 | — |
| 1885 | 71 | — | #236 | — |
| 1884 | 71 | — | #229 | — |
| 1883 | 68 | — | #214 | — |
| 1882 | 64 | — | #208 | — |
| 1881 | 43 | — | #240 | — |
| 1880 | 41 | — | #240 | — |