Adel**
#2,436 most common boys' name of all time · #5,877 across all names · 50% male / 50% female · used 1888–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#2,436
Rank overall
#5,877 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
3,002
Since 2016
563
Peak year
2006 #2,404
Best rank
#2,183 1992
Girls
Boys
peak 65/yr
Adel first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | 21 | 53 | #4,714 |
| 2024 | 25 | 38 | 63 | #3,165 |
| 2023 | 21 | 37 | 58 | #3,233 |
| 2022 | 20 | 34 | 54 | #3,421 |
| 2021 | 19 | 30 | 49 | #3,658 |
| 2020 | 20 | 37 | 57 | #3,082 |
| 2019 | 20 | 36 | 56 | #3,203 |
| 2018 | 21 | 42 | 63 | #2,852 |
| 2017 | 15 | 39 | 54 | #3,011 |
| 2016 | 17 | 39 | 56 | #3,000 |
| 2015 | 24 | 41 | 65 | #2,868 |
| 2014 | 23 | 42 | 65 | #2,808 |
| 2013 | 14 | 29 | 43 | #3,592 |
| 2012 | 24 | 39 | 63 | #2,959 |
| 2011 | 17 | 40 | 57 | #2,910 |
| 2010 | 9 | 41 | 50 | #2,878 |
| 2009 | 25 | 34 | 59 | #3,281 |
| 2008 | 17 | 40 | 57 | #2,955 |
| 2007 | 11 | 52 | 63 | #2,444 |
| 2006 | 14 | 51 | 65 | #2,404 |
| 2005 | 9 | 41 | 50 | #2,659 |
| 2004 | 13 | 37 | 50 | #2,793 |
| 2003 | 12 | 34 | 46 | #2,853 |
| 2002 | 9 | 38 | 47 | #2,565 |
| 2001 | 11 | 34 | 45 | #2,747 |
| 2000 | 6 | 31 | 37 | #2,872 |
| 1999 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,873 |
| 1998 | 11 | 30 | 41 | #2,720 |
| 1997 | 11 | 33 | 44 | #2,461 |
| 1996 | 10 | 25 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1995 | 6 | 30 | 36 | #2,507 |
| 1994 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #2,958 |
| 1993 | 7 | 32 | 39 | #2,354 |
| 1992 | 6 | 35 | 41 | #2,183 |
| 1991 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,186 |
| 1989 | 6 | 20 | 26 | #3,003 |
| 1988 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,975 |
| 1987 | 10 | 21 | 31 | #2,577 |
| 1986 | 9 | 9 | 18 | #4,498 |
| 1985 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #3,088 |
| 1984 | 12 | 23 | 35 | #2,246 |
| 1983 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #3,093 |
| 1982 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #5,069 |
| 1981 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #3,631 |
| 1980 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #3,648 |
| 1979 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #2,917 |
| 1978 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #5,121 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1976 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #4,470 |
| 1975 | 11 | 8 | 19 | #3,984 |
| 1974 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #4,234 |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1971 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1969 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #3,645 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,030 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1964 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #4,102 |
| 1962 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #3,365 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1958 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1957 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1956 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1955 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1953 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1952 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1950 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1948 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1947 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1946 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1945 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,500 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1941 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1939 | 16 | — | 16 | — |
| 1938 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1936 | 17 | — | 17 | — |
| 1935 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1934 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1933 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1932 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,856 |
| 1931 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1930 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1928 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1927 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1926 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1925 | 22 | — | 22 | — |
| 1924 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | — |
| 1922 | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| 1921 | 26 | — | 26 | — |
| 1920 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1919 | 18 | — | 18 | — |
| 1918 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #4,242 |
| 1917 | 23 | — | 23 | — |
| 1916 | 24 | — | 24 | — |
| 1915 | 20 | — | 20 | — |
| 1914 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #3,324 |
| 1913 | 15 | — | 15 | — |
| 1912 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1908 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1907 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1905 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1903 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1900 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1898 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1895 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1888 | 5 | — | 5 | — |