Adelie Girl
How popular is Adelie?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Adelie in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Adelie popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▲ 918 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2013 (51 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,165 in 2013 |
| First recorded | 2003 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Adelie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Adley family of names ranked #312 for girls in 2025 (#252 the year before), with 1,054 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Adley | 339 | 32% |
| Adalee | 256 | 24% |
| Adalie | 114 | 11% |
| Adaleigh | 79 | 7% |
| Adleigh | 52 | 5% |
| Adlee | 37 | 4% |
| Adaly | 43 | 4% |
| Adali | 27 | 3% |
| Adelie | 21 | 2% |
| Adaley | 15 | 1% |
| Addley | 12 | 1% |
| Addilee | 9 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Adelie is most popular
Babies named Adelie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Adelie by decade
Girl names about as popular as Adelie
Questions
- Is Adelie a boy or girl name?
- Adelie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Adelie were girls.
- How popular is the name Adelie?
- 21 baby girls were named Adelie in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Adelie most popular?
- Adelie peaked in 2013, when 51 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,165 in 2013.
- How many people are named Adelie?
- 688 babies have been named Adelie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 684 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Adelie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Adelie was most common in North Carolina, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.