Adelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Adelle: Recorded since 1973, it reached #391 in 1977, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#391highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#891
1997	#983
1998	#925
1999	#1393
2000	#1139
2001	#1170
2002	#1245
2003	#1628
2004	#2802
2005	#2438
2006	#1862
2007	#2627
2008	#3397
2009	#2535
2010	#1993
2011	#3185
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2017	#3229
2018	#2901
2024	#4843

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 7 of the 40 years from 1973 to 2012.

In 2012: #907 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2969 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #508 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–2012
Highest recorded position: #391 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1973–2012).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Adelle appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 24 ranked years and 255 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1973.

Adelle 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.

Adelle'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#508 (1973)	#391 (1977)	#907 (2012)	7 of 40	24 (1973–2012)	6 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#891 (1996)	#891 (1996)	#4843 (2024)	24 of 29	255 (1996–2024)	24 (1996)

Adelle 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 Adelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	81	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	111	10 of 10	11
2010s	59	9 of 10	7
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

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

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

Adelle 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 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #391 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Adelle'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1393	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#925	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#983	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#891	24	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	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 1973 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #391, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 23 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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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.

Jeannie · #391, 25y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Kean · #390, 24y
Temitope · #390, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Chiara · #391, 36y
Della · #393, 31y
Mellisa · #389, 27y
Reiltin · #389, 14y

Adelle was ranked #391 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. 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.

Adelle 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 Adelle without appearing here.

Adelle moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #5666.
Carol Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5785 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3229 and #4763.
Tracey Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2901 and #3985.

Moved ahead of Adelle

Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2120.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Diane Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #2411.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2901 and #3178 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #2411.

Moved the opposite way to Adelle

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Adelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adelle went from #891 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #391 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adelle

Adelle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adelle across 2 official records

Adelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Adelle appears in

Popularity data

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Adelle at a glance

Adelle across 2 official records

Adelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Adelle appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Adelle

Adelle and the names beside it

Adelle moved ahead of

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