Adele

Meaning: Noble
Origin: Germanic — French form of Adela

Nicknames: Addie, Adie

Girl's name · #751 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Adele holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#751 in 2025). About 42,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Adele is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Adele is especially popular in France.

#9 in France (2025) · #26 in Italy (2024) · #62 in Belgium (2025) · #115 in Canada (2025) · #181 in Norway (2025) · #197 in Switzerland (2025) · #199 in Sweden (2025) · #287 in Poland (2025) · #311 in Austria (2025) · #455 in Ecuador (2025) · #719 in England & Wales (2025) · #780 in Scotland (2025) and 5 more.

Famous Adeles

Adele — English singer-songwriter (born 1988)
Adèle Exarchopoulos — French actress (born 1993)
Adèle of Champagne — Queen of the Franks from 1160 to 1180 (c. 1140–1206)
Adèle Haenel — French actress (born 1989)
Adele Astaire — American dancer and entertainer (1896–1981)

In stories & tradition

Adele Effanga — Fictional student nurse in BBC TV medical drama Holby City
Adele Diamond — Law & Order (TV series)
Adele Schmeidler — Operatic character in the opera Die schöne Carlotti

What Adeles become

Among 653 notable people named Adele:

Entertainers appear 1.93× more often than among typical names — e.g. Adele, English singer-songwriter (born 1988).

Spellings & nicknames

About 180 girls a year are given Addie as their full name.

Similar names: Adela · Marcella · Adelynn · Estelle · Bernadette · Joelle

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