Adele
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Adele
Credit the award-winning single-named British singer for taking the girls’ name Adele from a quiet semi-retirement back into currency. Adele reentered the US Top 1000 popular baby names in 2011 and has remained there ever since.
Adele is both a saint's and a royal name, having originated as the French version of the German Adela. It's one of the most stylish girl names starting with A.
Molly Ringwald chose Adele for one of her twins, and Fred Astaire's first dancing partner was his older sister Adele.
Historically, Adele was the name of the youngest daughter of William the Conquerer. Music lovers might associate the name with a character in Johann Strauss's operetta Die Fledermaus, while a prime literary reference is Jane Eyre's young charge.
Adele is also given to boys.
Pronounced uh-DEL.
As of October 2026, Adele ranked #751 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #187 in 1914, Nameberry popularity #605.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #764 | 366 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #645 | 444 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #663 | 443 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #791 | 347 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #905 | 297 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #760 | 368 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #794 | 343 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #816 | 340 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #813 | 344 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #825 | 334 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #798 | 351 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #751 | 362 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Adele on lists
Famous Adeles
- Adele (Laurie Blue Adkins)Girl
British singer,songwriter
- Adèle ExarchopoulosGirl
French actress
- Adele Marie AstaireGirl
American dancer
- Adele Emily SandéGirl
birth name of Emeli Sandé, British singer,songwriter
- Adele Mara (born Adelaide Delgado)Girl
American actress
- Adele DeGardeGirl
American actress
- Adele GriffinGirl
American novelist
- Adele Katie SilvaGirl
English actress
- Adèle King aka TwinkGirl
Irish singer of girl group Maxi, Dick and Twink; mother of singer Chloë Agnew of Celtic Woman
- Adèle HaenelGirl
French actress
- Adèle HugoGirl
youngest daughter of novelist Victor Hugo
- Adele Georgiana (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of American actress Molly Ringwald
- Phoebe Adele Gates (b. 2002)Girl
daughter of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
- Adele BlochGirl
Bauer, model for Gustav Klimt's "The Woman In Gold"
Adele in pop culture
- Adele von Glanzreich from the animeGirl
Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine (The Royal Tutor), the name goes by a German pronunciation, ah,DAY,la.
- Adele VarensGirl
Mr Rochester's ward and Jane's young pupil in "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte
- Adele DronsartGirl
Belgian pupil at Mlle (Zoraide) Reuter's in "The Professor" (1857) by Charlotte Bronte
- Adele StackhouseGirl
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Adele WebberGirl
character on "Grey's Anatomy"
- Adele RatignolleGirl
character in Kate Chopin's"The Awakening" (1899)
- Adele the Singing Coach FairyGirl
character in book series "Rainbow Magic"
- Adele InvergordanGirl
character in movie "The Legend of Bagger Vance"
- Adele RobertsGirl
character in "The Hollow Kingdom" by Clare Dunkle
- AdeleGirl
character in film"Blue is the Warmest Color", portrayed by Adele Exarchopoulos
- Adele de PignerollesGirl
character in G. A. Henty's "A Cornet of Horse"
- "Adele DazeemGirl
" John Travolta's infamous mispronunciation of "Idina Menzel"
- Adele WayneGirl
Dwayne's mother on TV sitcom "A Different World"