Adelita
Adelita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 34 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 340.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196143 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1924
- 1,871people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,871 girls have been named Adelita in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 43 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 1974, and the 1960s alone account for 16%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Adelita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 19 | |
| 1930s | 61 | |
| 1940s | 174 | |
| 1950s | 270 | |
| 1960s | 302 | |
| 1970s | 292 | |
| 1980s | 184 | |
| 1990s | 145 | |
| 2000s | 101 | |
| 2010s | 176 | |
| 2020s | 147 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Adelita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Adelita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Charlettepeak 1971
- Jolenepeak 1974
- Lynnapeak 1963
- Collettepeak 1966
- Rosalindapeak 2000
- Alainepeak 1967
- Tomipeak 1977
- Deapeak 1963
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.