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Adele vs Trina

Adele and Trinacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • Republic of Ireland · Girls

    In 2003, Adele was ranked #559 and Trina #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2014, Adele was ranked #597 and Trina #5691 among girls in England and Wales.

Adele and Trina over time

Adele and Trina appear together in 1 published list, across 23 years of shared records. Adele held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Trina in 0.

In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.

Trina reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Adele in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

How this pair is related

The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.

List by list

  • Republic of Ireland · Girls23 shared years, 19692003

    Adele held the stronger position in 18 of those years, Trina in 4.

    Highest recorded here: Adele #218 in 1975, Trina #248 in 1972.

    The order between them never changed and held in this list.

    Most recent shared year, 2003: Adele #559, Trina #655.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Adele, Trina
FieldAdeleTrina
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usagefemalefemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables32
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageGB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NOGB-ENW, IE
Most recent popularity observationNorway · Girls #181 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #5691 (2014)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)94/10094/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Adele has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Trina.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Adele

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1965

    First recorded at #282 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1970–2025

    Highest recorded position: #84 among girls in Norway, in 2012 (recorded 1970–2025).

    Norway · Girls

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #181 among girls in Norway, in 2025.

    Norway · Girls

Trina

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1969

    First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  2. Highest recorded1969–2003

    Highest recorded position: #248 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1969–2003).

    Republic of Ireland · Girls

  3. Most recent2014

    Most recently recorded at #5691 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014.

    England and Wales · Girls