Adela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Adela: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #494 in 2014, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#494highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#1958
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2000	#1688
2001	#2466
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#2802
2005	#2247
2006	#3116
2007	#1854
2008	#2022
2009	#1909
2010	#1731
2011	#1545
2012	#1037
2013	#982
2014	#1234
2015	#1114
2016	#1172
2017	#1082
2018	#1314
2019	#936
2020	#1164
2021	#1161
2022	#910
2023	#1325
2024	#1603

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 girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1603 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2025
Highest recorded position: #494 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2014 (recorded 2005–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #885 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Adela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 529 births with the name.

Adela across 2 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.

Adela'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#910 (2022)	#1603 (2024)	29 of 29	529 (1996–2024)	38 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#689 (2005)	#494 (2014)	#885 (2025)	14 of 21	68 (2005–2025)	8 (2011)

Adela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Adela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	84	10 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	288	10 of 10	29
2020s	138	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 29 births a year.

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

Adela 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #494 in Republic of Ireland in 2014.

Adela'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#910	38	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1164	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#936	38	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1314	25	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1082	32	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1172	29	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1114	31	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#982	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1037	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1731	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1958	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#727	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#568	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#689	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #494, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 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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Adele · #84, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Adriano · #493, 27y
Ilya · #493, 27y
Mubarak · #493, 29y
Pablo · #493, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Adriano · #493, 27y
Eyad · #495, 21y
Ilya · #493, 27y
Mubarak · #493, 29y

Adela was ranked #494 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2014. 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.

Adela 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 Adela without appearing here.

Adela moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3116 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1909 and #4564.
Carol Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3116 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #1854 and #4294.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1909 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1731 and #4012.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3900 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1688 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Adela

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2247 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3116 and #2137.
Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #936 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1164 and #460.
Aurora Compare
In 2014 they stood at #494 and #536 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #896 and #402.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1114 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1172 and #768.

Moved the opposite way to Adela

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Adela

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adela went from #3795 to #1603 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #494 in Republic of Ireland in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adela

Adela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adela across 2 official records

Adela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Adela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Adela at a glance

Adela across 2 official records

Adela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Adela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Adela

Adela and the names beside it

Adela moved ahead of

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