Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Adele

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Adele
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

1,030

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

65.9%

2024

351

All-time

41,996

Adele has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 1,030 girls were named Adele.

In 2024, only 351 girls were given the name.

Down 65.9% from its peak.

All told, about 41,996 Americans have been named Adele and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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