Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Adele

#672 most common girls' name of all time · #1,228 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#672
Rank overall
#1,228 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
42,373
Since 2016
3,532
Peak year
1918 #191
Best rank
#187 1914
Girls Boys peak 1,036/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Adele is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 362 — 362 #751
2024 353 — 353 #797
2023 334 — 334 #825
2022 344 — 344 #815
2021 340 — 340 #816
2020 344 — 344 #791
2019 368 — 368 #760
2018 297 — 297 #905
2017 347 — 347 #791
2016 443 — 443 #664
2015 444 — 444 #645
2014 366 — 366 #764
2013 443 — 443 #634
2012 564 — 564 #536
2011 462 — 462 #625
2010 287 — 287 #909
2009 236 — 236 #1,080
2008 156 — 156 #1,495
2007 148 — 148 #1,544
2006 111 — 111 #1,834
2005 116 — 116 #1,706
2004 112 — 112 #1,727
2003 116 — 116 #1,652
2002 90 — 90 #1,955
2001 102 — 102 #1,750
2000 94 — 94 #1,827
1999 99 — 99 #1,668
1998 83 — 83 #1,846
1997 91 — 91 #1,708
1996 79 — 79 #1,842
1995 91 — 91 #1,626
1994 91 — 91 #1,649
1993 84 — 84 #1,753
1992 72 — 72 #1,928
1991 88 — 88 #1,677
1990 92 — 92 #1,617
1989 76 — 76 #1,769
1988 80 — 80 #1,615
1987 83 — 83 #1,531
1986 74 — 74 #1,603
1985 74 — 74 #1,604
1984 87 — 87 #1,362
1983 100 — 100 #1,252
1982 87 — 87 #1,401
1981 96 — 96 #1,316
1980 89 — 89 #1,396
1979 99 — 99 #1,284
1978 77 — 77 #1,473
1977 112 — 112 #1,132
1976 97 — 97 #1,172
1975 103 — 103 #1,128
1974 102 — 102 #1,133
1973 105 — 105 #1,089
1972 99 — 99 #1,116
1971 108 — 108 #1,103
1970 104 — 104 #1,126
1969 130 — 130 #932
1968 112 — 112 #985
1967 116 — 116 #945
1966 165 — 165 #763
1965 186 — 186 #730
1964 191 — 191 #752
1963 204 — 204 #715
1962 241 — 241 #650
1961 275 — 275 #610
1960 272 — 272 #606
1959 301 — 301 #564
1958 294 — 294 #575
1957 315 — 315 #540
1956 362 — 362 #492
1955 382 — 382 #465
1954 423 — 423 #424
1953 443 — 443 #406
1952 477 — 477 #377
1951 433 — 433 #394
1950 433 — 433 #391
1949 440 — 440 #375
1948 470 — 470 #360
1947 435 — 435 #381
1946 399 — 399 #381
1945 330 — 330 #392
1944 332 — 332 #387
1943 367 — 367 #377
1942 355 — 355 #378
1941 313 — 313 #388
1940 322 — 322 #366
1939 309 — 309 #374
1938 370 — 370 #328
1937 372 — 372 #320
1936 359 — 359 #325
1935 365 — 365 #332
1934 396 — 396 #314
1933 362 — 362 #330
1932 486 — 486 #282
1931 499 — 499 #279
1930 558 — 558 #266
1929 555 — 555 #272
1928 637 — 637 #254
1927 713 — 713 #244
1926 682 — 682 #252
1925 738 — 738 #243
1924 812 — 812 #232
1923 789 — 789 #231
1922 900 — 900 #217
1921 890 — 890 #215
1920 944 — 944 #206
1919 886 — 886 #211
1918 1,030 6 1,036 #191
1917 960 — 960 #192
1916 902 — 902 #198
1915 897 — 897 #188
1914 709 — 709 #187
1913 492 — 492 #210
1912 418 — 418 #220
1911 298 — 298 #228
1910 288 — 288 #224
1909 257 — 257 #221
1908 192 5 197 #250
1907 191 — 191 #249
1906 199 — 199 #220
1905 200 — 200 #222
1904 163 — 163 #244
1903 164 — 164 #232
1902 172 — 172 #230
1901 157 — 157 #233
1900 186 — 186 #230
1899 164 — 164 #213
1898 165 — 165 #229
1897 187 — 187 #202
1896 152 — 152 #223
1895 166 — 166 #211
1894 151 — 151 #217
1893 144 — 144 #215
1892 123 — 123 #238
1891 113 — 113 #228
1890 133 — 133 #209
1889 115 — 115 #215
1888 116 — 116 #214
1887 80 — 80 #237
1886 79 — 79 #232
1885 71 — 71 #237
1884 71 — 71 #229
1883 68 — 68 #217
1882 64 — 64 #213
1881 43 — 43 #240
1880 41 — 41 #240