Adele
Girl nameAdele has been given to 42,373 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1918 and currently ranks #751 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /əˈdɛl/
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.
Origin: Germanic languages
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
42,373
Peak year
1918 (1,036 babies)
Rank in 2025
#751 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -18%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Adele
Adele
English singer-songwriter (born 1988)
Emeli Sandé
British singer
Adele Goldberg
American computer scientist (born 1945)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Adele.
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