girl's name
Adelaida
- Gender Girl
- Letters 8
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 3,210
Adelaida is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2024, when 93 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 51,007 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1889.
Adelaida over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 |
| 1890s | 33 |
| 1900s | 41 |
| 1910s | 119 |
| 1920s | 173 |
| 1930s | 160 |
| 1940s | 197 |
| 1950s | 219 |
| 1960s | 310 |
| 1970s | 343 |
| 1980s | 258 |
| 1990s | 260 |
| 2000s | 259 |
| 2010s | 396 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 404 |
How popular is Adelaida?
In 2025, Adelaida was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Adelaida is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Adelaida
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Adelaida also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adelaida over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Adelaida
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adelaida — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Adelaida
How popular is the name Adelaida?
In 2025, Adelaida was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Adelaida a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelaida is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Adelaida most popular?
Adelaida peaked in 2024, when 93 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
Is Adelaida a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adelaida currently ranks #2,654 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.