Adelaide
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning noble natured.
How Adelaide has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #272 |
| 2016 | #255 |
| 2017 | #276 |
| 2018 | #297 |
| 2019 | #304 |
| 2020 | #272 |
| 2021 | #261 |
| 2022 | #283 |
| 2023 | #284 |
| 2024 | #271 |
| 2025 | #289 |
Adelaide by the numbers
In 2025, 126 babies in England and Wales were named Adelaide. In the US, 1,155 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,237 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 1,500 American girls born that year was called Adelaide.
Names that come from Adelaide
Forms of Adelaide in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adelaide. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adelaidanoble natured; Spanish form of Adelaide46 in the US (2017)
- Adelainenoble natured; a form of Adeline26 in the US (2017)
- Adalaidenoble natured; variant spelling of Adelaide6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Addelaidenoble natured; a form of Adelaide8 in the US (2017)
- Adelaydea form of Adelaide; noble natured7 in the US (2017)
- Adelade5 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adelaide
Names that are said the same way as Adelaide, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Adelaide, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Adelaide
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