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Adelaide

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
3
Peak era
2020s
Today
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Meaning

noble kind

Goes by Ada, Addie, Heidi. See all nicknames

The story

Adelaide comes through French from the Germanic name Adalheidis. Its parts mean "noble" and "kind" or "type," giving the usual meaning "noble kind." The German form is Adelheid, which is also the longer name behind Heidi.

In the tenth century, Saint Adelaide of Italy married Otto the Great and became Holy Roman empress. She later helped secure the throne for their young grandson Otto III. After his mother Theophanu died, Adelaide governed the empire until he came of age.

The Australian city was named Adelaide in 1836 for Queen Adelaide, the wife of Britain’s King William IV. In the United States, Adelaide was widely used for girls in the early twentieth century, became less common later in the century, and returned to wider use in the early twenty-first.

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Adelaide across languages

One shared root links 21 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: a Germanic family sharing adal, "noble"; Adalheidis means "noble kind," and led through Adelais and Old French Aalis to Alice

The constellation

AdelaideEnglishAdelaidaSpanishAliceEnglishAliciaSpanishAdelaSpanishAdeleFrench
15 more branches of this family
AlyceEnglish · variantAlisonEnglish · diminutiveAllisonEnglish · variantAlysonEnglish · variantAllieEnglish · short formAddieEnglish · short formAdaEnglish · short formAdellaEnglish · variantAdeliaEnglish · related formAdelineFrench · diminutiveAdalineEnglish · variantAdelynEnglish · variantAdalynEnglish · variantAdalynnEnglish · variantAlineFrench · short form

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How popular is Adelaide around the world?

In the United States, 6,783 babies were named Adelaide between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 10 girls were registered as Adelaide in 2017.

Adelaide is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Brazil, Scotland and Spain.

United States

1 in 3,200

In the United States, 6,783 babies were named Adelaide between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adelaide peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 1,800 · 2017

In South Australia, 10 girls were registered as Adelaide in 2017.

1944peak 2014

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 2,900

In Canada, 124 girls named Adelaide were born in 2024, the 228th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2021

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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England and Wales

1 in 4,600

In England and Wales, 126 girls named Adelaide were born in 2025, the 342nd most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Brazil

1 in 8,900

At the 2022 census, 22,795 people in Brazil were named Adelaide, the 981st most common name, with a median age of 63.
Among people named Adelaide living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1950s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 49 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Scotland

1 in 9,200

In Scotland, 5 girls named Adelaide were registered in 2024, the 541st most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Spain

1 in 470,000

In Spain, 96 residents are named Adelaide, ranked 7,997th among women, with a mean age of 45.3 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

last on record 2020

Adelaide is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

last on record 2024

Adelaide is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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France

last on record 2021

Adelaide is not on the 2025 record for France, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.

peak 19002025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. This registry counts each spelling separately; the figures above are for the exact spelling Adelaide, and accented spellings are separate names. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Ireland

last on record 2023

Adelaide is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Mexico City City

last on record 2021

Adelaide is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Montevideo City

last on record 1955

Adelaide is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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New Zealand

last on record 2024

Adelaide is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19052025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Poland

last on record 2023

Adelaide is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Adelaide

Most people given the name Adelaide in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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