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How popular is the name Adelaide?

Births per year, rank history and how many Adelaides are alive today.

Adelaide (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 342nd in 2025 with 126 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.

The Adelaide you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Adelaides born in England and Wales are between 4 and 17, and there are at least 1,700 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Adelaide - on average, only one in every 186 such rooms contains a Adelaide.

How many babies are named Adelaide each year?

050100200020201996: 171997: 331998: 171999: 242000: 202001: 162002: 232003: 302004: 212005: 162006: 262007: 252008: 402009: 402010: 382011: 472012: 382013: 662014: 542015: 742016: 712017: 792018: 682019: 872020: 832021: 1202022: 1062023: 1242024: 1042025: 126actual

Where does Adelaide rank among girls' names?

1101001,0002,000200020201996: ranked 1,1121997: ranked 7211998: ranked 1,1651999: ranked 9002000: ranked 1,0332001: ranked 1,2382002: ranked 9622003: ranked 8552004: ranked 1,1062005: ranked 1,4062006: ranked 1,0522007: ranked 1,1262008: ranked 8312009: ranked 8502010: ranked 9102011: ranked 7892012: ranked 9552013: ranked 6162014: ranked 7312015: ranked 5772016: ranked 5942017: ranked 5492018: ranked 6022019: ranked 4752020: ranked 4862021: ranked 3802022: ranked 3972023: ranked 3472024: ranked 4112025: ranked 342

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Adelaide most popular?

Adelaide peaked in 2025, when 126 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Adelaide?

At least 1,700 people named Adelaide born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Adelaide?

Most living Adelaides are between 4 and 17; the most common age is about 2.

Is Adelaide becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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