# Adel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Adell |
| US babies named this | 3,002 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,508 / 1,494 (50% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 417, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. The female name is a rare variant of Adele. The surname is borrowed from German Adel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 7,123 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,561 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,150 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,625 |
| 2015 | 24 | 5,465 |
| 2016 | 17 | 6,906 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,448 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5,787 |
| 2019 | 20 | 5,988 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,852 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6,179 |
| 2022 | 20 | 5,986 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,755 |
| 2024 | 25 | 5,149 |
| 2025 | 32 | 4,355 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 40 | 2,904 |
| 2012 | 39 | 2,955 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,583 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,805 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,865 |
| 2016 | 39 | 2,994 |
| 2017 | 39 | 3,008 |
| 2018 | 42 | 2,848 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,201 |
| 2020 | 37 | 3,075 |
| 2021 | 30 | 3,652 |
| 2022 | 34 | 3,412 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,228 |
| 2024 | 38 | 3,161 |
| 2025 | 21 | 4,708 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: आदिल

## People named Adel

- Adel Emam, Egyptian actor (born 1940)
- Adel Safar, 64th Prime Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic
- Adel Abdelrahman, Egyptian association football player
- Adel Boulbina, Algerian footballer
- Adel Abdessemed, artist (born 1971)
- Adel Amrouche, Algerian footballer and manager
- Adel Mahamoud, comorian footballer
- Adel Abdullah, football player
- Adel Bencherif, French actor
- Adel Hekal, Footballer (1934-2018)
- Adel Mahmoud, American doctor
- Adel Sedra, Canadian electrical engineer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.