Is Adele a boy or girl name?
Adele is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 351 girls and 0 boys were named Adele, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 42,007 US babies named Adele were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #798
- Babies named Adele since 1880
- 42,007
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 1,036 babies
Boys and girls named Adele, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 748 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 1,498 | 100% |
| 1900s | 5 | 1,881 | 99.7% |
| 1910s | 6 | 6,880 | 99.9% |
| 1920s | 0 | 7,660 | 100% |
| 1930s | 0 | 4,076 | 100% |
| 1940s | 0 | 3,763 | 100% |
| 1950s | 0 | 3,863 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,892 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 1,006 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 846 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 869 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,281 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 4,021 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,712 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 351 | #798 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 334 | #825 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 344 | #813 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 340 | #816 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 343 | #794 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 368 | #760 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 297 | #905 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 347 | #791 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 443 | #663 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 444 | #645 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 366 | #764 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 443 | #634 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 564 | #536 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 462 | #625 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 287 | #910 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 236 | #1,079 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 156 | #1,495 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 148 | #1,543 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 111 | #1,833 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 116 | #1,705 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 112 | #1,726 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 116 | #1,652 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 90 | #1,955 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 102 | #1,750 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 94 | #1,827 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 98 | #1,677 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,845 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,708 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 79 | #1,840 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,626 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 91 | #1,648 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 84 | #1,753 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 72 | #1,928 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 88 | #1,677 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 92 | #1,617 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 76 | #1,769 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 80 | #1,614 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 83 | #1,531 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,602 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,604 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,362 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 100 | #1,252 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 87 | #1,399 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 96 | #1,315 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 89 | #1,396 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,283 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,473 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 112 | #1,131 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 97 | #1,172 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 103 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 102 | #1,133 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 105 | #1,088 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 99 | #1,116 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 108 | #1,103 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 104 | #1,127 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 130 | #932 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 112 | #984 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 116 | #945 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 165 | #763 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 186 | #730 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 191 | #752 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 204 | #715 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 241 | #650 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 275 | #610 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 272 | #605 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 301 | #564 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 294 | #575 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 315 | #540 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 362 | #492 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 382 | #464 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 423 | #424 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 443 | #406 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 477 | #377 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 433 | #394 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 433 | #390 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 440 | #375 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 470 | #360 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 435 | #381 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 399 | #381 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 330 | #392 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 332 | #387 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 367 | #377 |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 355 | #378 |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 313 | #388 |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 322 | #366 |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 309 | #374 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 370 | #328 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 372 | #320 |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 359 | #325 |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 365 | #331 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 396 | #314 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 362 | #330 |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 486 | #282 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 499 | #279 |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 558 | #266 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 555 | #272 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 637 | #254 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 713 | #244 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 682 | #252 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 738 | #243 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 812 | #232 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 789 | #231 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 900 | #217 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 890 | #215 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 944 | #206 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 886 | #211 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,731 | 1,030 | #191 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 960 | #192 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 902 | #198 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 897 | #188 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 709 | #187 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 492 | #210 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 418 | #220 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 298 | #228 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 288 | #224 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 257 | #220 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,373 | 192 | #250 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 191 | #247 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 199 | #220 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 200 | #221 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 163 | #243 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 164 | #232 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 172 | #230 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 157 | #233 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 186 | #230 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 164 | #213 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 165 | #229 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 187 | #202 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 152 | #223 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 166 | #210 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 151 | #217 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 144 | #215 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 123 | #235 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 113 | #227 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 133 | #208 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 115 | #215 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 116 | #213 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 80 | #237 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 79 | #232 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 71 | #236 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 71 | #229 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 68 | #214 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 64 | #208 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 43 | #240 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 41 | #240 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Adele reached #1,373 in 1908. As a girl name, it reached #187 in 1914. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1910s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Adele
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.