Adel
Adel is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 380.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200752 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 2,949people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,487 boys have been named Adel in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 52 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 26%.
Adel is used for both sexes: 50% of its bearers are girls (1,462), most of them born around 1918.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Adel | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | |
| 1920s | 6 | |
| 1930s | 11 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1960s | 24 | |
| 1970s | 43 | |
| 1980s | 149 | |
| 1990s | 283 | |
| 2000s | 392 | |
| 2010s | 388 | |
| 2020s | 176 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Adel was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Adel
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adilpeak 2003
- Emmanuelpeak 2008
- Samipeak 2017
- Boruchpeak 2013
- Saadpeak 2012
- Zechariahpeak 2015
- Davidsonpeak 2009
- Alonsopeak 2010
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.