Adelia
About Adelia
The super-success of Adele, both the singer and the name, has brought attention to all her cousins — Adela, Adeline, Adelina — and the lovely Adelia. An undiscovered gem just waiting to be discovered.
Some pluses: Adelia is the name of a flowering plant, and of an opera by Donizetti that premiered in 1841.
As of October 2026, Adelia ranked #2117 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #322 in 1884.
Editor's take: The name Adelia is a girl's name of German origin meaning "noble, nobility".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #2,468 | 73 | 40.9 |
| 2015 | #2,258 | 83 | 46.5 |
| 2016 | #2,117 | 92 | 51.9 |
| 2017 | #1,828 | 112 | 64.9 |
| 2018 | #2,097 | 91 | 53.5 |
| 2019 | #2,154 | 86 | 51.2 |
| 2020 | #2,169 | 83 | 51.3 |
| 2021 | #2,440 | 73 | 44.5 |
| 2022 | #2,401 | 76 | 46.3 |
| 2023 | #2,207 | 85 | 53 |
| 2024 | #2,079 | 92 | 56.8 |
| 2025 | #2,117 | 88 | 54.8 |
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Adelia on lists
Famous Adelias
- Adelia Sarah Gates
American illustrator of botanical specimens
- Mary Adelia Rosamond McLeod
first woman Diocesan Bishop in the Episcopal Church
- Adelia Prado
Brazilian writer and poet
- Mary Lua Adelia Davis Treat
American naturalist and correspondent with Charles Darwin
- Adelia Armstrong Lutz
American painter
- Adeliia Tigranovna Petrosian
Russian figure skater
Adelia in pop culture
- "Adelia
" opera by Gaetano Donizetti
- Adelia Chase
character in "The Blind Assassin" by Margaret Atwood
- Adelia Aguilar
character in a book series by Ariana Franklin