Name Awesome

Adell

#10,928 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Possibly family, race, through *aþalaz

Adell has been given to 7,263 babies in the U.S. since 1881. In 2025 it ranked #10,928 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1921, with 197 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% girls, 14% boys all-time.

Babies named Adell, 2025

1 in 414,000

Adell over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Adell over time

In 2025, Adell went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18812025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Adell: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly family, race, through *aþalaz

Germanic languages

What Adell means

Adell belongs to the name family reached through Adell → *aþalaz. Its meaning is “family, race”.

Origin, language, and formation

Adell is used in English. Its origins include Germanic languages.

Adell comes through Proto-Germanic *aþalaz.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adel and *aþalaz.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,214 girls were recorded with the name Adell between 1881 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 197 in 1921; its best national rank was #426 in 1910.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #15,129 in 2020 to #10,928 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,878 in 2015 to #10,928 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,049 boys were recorded with the name Adell between 1910 and 1998. Its highest annual count was 34 in 1920; its best national rank was #1,224 in 1912.

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 Adell?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,928
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Adell 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adell was born before 1926 — so the typical Adell is around 99 today.

Median birth year
1926
About 99 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
26.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.3%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,130
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 26.4% of all recorded uses (1,639).

Is Adell 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
+2,574
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,201
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−50
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
4.1%
Peak was 1921 (197)
Years since peak
104
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#426
1910

Spellings of Adell

Adell is not the most common spelling — Della is, with 23.9% against Adell's 2.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Adell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Adell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in 5,000 girls, against 1 in 32,994 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

020 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in 5,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 7,143
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 7,143
  4. 4Georgia1 in 11,111
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 11,111
  6. 6Arkansas1 in 12,500
  7. 7Virginia1 in 14,286
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Adell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Adell was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 168,687 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 50,000
  2. 2Arkansas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 100,000
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Adell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Adell around the world

Where Adell 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.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2006
    #5,061
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    1952–1956
    #540
    in 1956

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Adell by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,928
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,201
Best rank ever
#426
1910
Peak year
1921
197 that year
First recorded
1881
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,214
Count in 2025
8

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,224
1912
Peak year
1920
34 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
1998
All-time count
1,049
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Adell

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

AdellaAdelaAdeliaAdelleAdenaAdeleAdelynAdelAdelynnAdelinaAdelitaAdelinMichellOdellBellAdelaidaJanellAdelieAdenShanellIdellAdeleneAdelyneRachell

Names with a curve like Adell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Adell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MyrtisMargaretteGarnetMarvelRubyeThedaAldaJohnieAlleneMyrticeVergieOleta

Sibling names for Adell

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

Explore around Adell

Top names of 1921, Adell's peak yearThe 1920s in fullOther names that peaked in 1910Girls' names starting with A