Adele
Pronounced AH0 D EH1 L (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Adele?
Adele is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 55,129 children — the 507th most common girls' name on record.
Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1918, when 1,331 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Adell, Adelle and Adel — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Adele and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Adell
- Adelle
- Adel
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 D EH1 L
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Adele
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Adele
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Adele?
- Adele ranks 507th among girls' names in US records, with 55,129 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,438.
- Is Adele a unisex name?
- No. Adele is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Adele most popular?
- 1918, when 1,331 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Adele spelled?
- Adell, Adelle, Adel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.