Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Adela

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Good humor
French
Good humor, of the nobility
German
Latin
Spanish
Teutonic

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Adela

Pronunciation

a-de-la

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #1122, 225 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1150, 201 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025201
2024224
2023215
2022221
2021205
2020200
2019193
2018188
2017184
2016202

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #911, 38 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1512, 20 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202520
202419
202324
202238
202129
202028
201938
201825
201732
201629

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1375, 28 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2031, 14 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202314
202225
202118
202017
201920
201822
201722
201624
201523
201428

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #499, 8 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20253
20245
20234
2022–
20213
2020–
20194
20186
20176
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #665, 4 births); most recent 2022 (rank #760, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #590, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20235
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence