Adelma

Girls' name

Feminine form of Adelmo

Adelma has been given to 113 babies in the U.S. since 1907. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Adelma, 1934

1 in 415,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Adelma: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Adelmo

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Adelma means

Adelma is a feminine form of Adelmo.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Adelma is used in Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian (Rare) and Literature.

Another recorded pronunciation is /a.ˈðel.ma/ and /a.ˈdɛl.ma/ for Adelma.

Origin, language, and formation

Adelma is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Adelmo and Adelmar.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 113 girls were recorded with the name Adelma between 1907 and 1934. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,063 in 1907.

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.

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How common is Adelma?

Adelma had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1934, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1934: 1 in 415,000; 5 of 2,076,780 births
Among girls only: 1 in 209,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1934: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 287,904 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Adelma 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 1934 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 287,904 children born in 1934 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Adelma. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Adelmas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Adelma was born before 1921 — so the typical Adelma is around 104 today.

Median birth year: 1921; About 104 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 42.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 95.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 42.5% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Adelma 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (10)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,063; 1907

Spellings of Adelma

Adelma is not the most common spelling — Amelia is, with 25.5% against Adelma's 0.01%.

Amelia25.5%281,130
Thelma20.5%225,460
Alma14.9%163,723
Velma7.9%86,752
Della6.4%70,810
Adele3.8%42,362
Delia3.4%37,318
Selma2.4%26,881

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.

Adelma around the world

Where Adelma 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
1901–1908
#1,032
in 1908

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Adelma by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,063; 1907
Peak year: 1917; 10 that year
First recorded: 1907
Last recorded: 1934
All-time count: 113
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Adelma

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

Adeliz Adelay Adelai Adesuwa Adelei Adelee Adeola Adely Adelyna Adelaya Adelani Adessa Adeena Adelis Adelya Adelise Adeya Adelinne Adeana Adelae Adelie Adelin Adelena Adeja

Sibling names for Adelma

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

Nelle Orpha Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie Dovie Lura

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Dorsey Granville Isadore

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