Adelheid

#9,463 in 2025Girls' name

Noble + character, through Adalheid

Adelheid has been given to 225 babies in the U.S. since 1894. In 2025 it ranked #9,463 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Adelheid, 2025

1 in 332,000

Adelheid over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Adelheid: meaning, origin, and history

Noble + character, through Adalheid

Old High German

What Adelheid means

Adelheid belongs to the name family reached through Adelheid → Adalheid. Its meaning is “noble + character”.

Origin, language, and formation

Adelheid is used in Dutch and German. Its origins include Old High German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adelaide, Alice and Adalheid.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Adelheid is pronounced /ˈaː.dəlˌɦɛi̯t/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 225 girls were recorded with the name Adelheid between 1894 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2014; its best national rank was #1,352 in 1894.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #11,108 in 2020 to #9,463 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,156 in 2015 to #9,463 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Adelheid?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 161,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,463; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adelheid sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adelheid. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adelheids were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adelheid was born before 2017 — so the typical Adelheid is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 48.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 88.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 198; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 48.0% of all recorded uses (108).

Is Adelheid rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −3,295; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,645; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +693; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 52.6%; Peak was 2014 (19)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 38.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,352; 1894

Adelheid around the world

Where Adelheid ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1900–1917
#872
in 1917
South Australia
1974–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Adelheid by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,463
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,645
Best rank ever: #1,352; 1894
Peak year: 2014; 19 that year
First recorded: 1894
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 225
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Adelheid

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Adeleine Adelise Adelyna Adelinne Adelaine Adesuwa Adelena Adeleigh Adelynne Adelai Adelaina Adenike Adelaya Adelisa Adelani Adeliz Adeola Adelayde Adessa Adeena Adely Adeya Adelyne Adelene

Sibling names for Adelheid

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Rhianna Kendyl Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya Jazmyne Shakira Taniya

For a brother

Kale Aaden Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar

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