Adel

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Adel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Adel: Recorded since 1963, it reached #386 in 1981, and it stood at #486 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
80times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#386highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2002	#4137
2005	#3970
2006	#4157
2007	#5201
2010	#5707
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#3160
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#2547
2017	#2502
2018	#4684
2019	#3541
2020	#3117
2021	#3192
2022	#3148
2023	#4056
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 25 of the 63 years from 1963 to 2025.

In 2011: #481 among boys in Norway, #1688 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1963–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1963
First recorded at #461 among boys in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1973–1986
Highest recorded position: #386 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1981 (recorded 1973–1986).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #486 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Adel appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 276 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1963.

Adel across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Adel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#461 (1963)	#397 (1984)	#486 (2025)	25 of 63	127 (1963–2025)	10 (1984)
England and Wales · Boys	#1458 (1996)	#1078 (2001)	#3254 (2024)	29 of 29	276 (1996–2024)	16 (2006)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2502 (2017)	#3015 (2024)	23 of 29	120 (1996–2024)	10 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#508 (1973)	#386 (1981)	#458 (1986)	3 of 14	13 (1973–1986)	6 (1981)

Adel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Adel in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	37	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	106	10 of 10	11
2010s	96	10 of 10	10
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Adel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1963 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #386 in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

Adel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1906	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1875	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1280	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1410	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1078	14	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1425	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1263	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1458	8	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#486	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#481	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#531	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#493	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#454	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#576	4	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#527	5	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#518	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#493	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#558	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#397	10	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#603	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#615	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#557	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#583	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#511	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#573	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#529	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#430	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#461	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#386	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1963 and 2025, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #386, first reached in 1981.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1973, and 33 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Adelaide · #347, 31y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Azra · #378, 52y
Jasmina · #395, 51y
Alejandro · #372, 51y
Malika · #370, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Gine · #385, 22y
Inez · #385, 32y
Meriel · #385, 16y
Rena · #385, 37y

Adel was ranked #386 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1981. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Adel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Adel without appearing here.

Adel moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4736 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Adel

Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #1935.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2340.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #2499.
Rodney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2104 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2682.

Moved the opposite way to Adel

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Adel

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Adel went from #1458 to #3254 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1963 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #386 in Republic of Ireland in 1981. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adel

Adel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adel across 4 official records

Adel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Adel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Adel at a glance

Adel across 4 official records

Adel by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Adel appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Adel

Adel and the names beside it

Adel moved ahead of

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