# Adelaide (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adelaide/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “noble”, “nature”, “character” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæ.də.leɪd/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Addi |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 35,007 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 35,007 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,633, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from French Adélaïde, from Old High German Adalheid (from adal (“noble”) + heit (“nature, character”)), modern German Adelheid; doublet of Alice.

## What it means

Adelaide is grouped under noble.

## 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 | 775 | 408 |
| 2012 | 920 | 346 |
| 2013 | 1,020 | 320 |
| 2014 | 1,050 | 317 |
| 2015 | 1,163 | 272 |
| 2016 | 1,240 | 255 |
| 2017 | 1,163 | 277 |
| 2018 | 1,118 | 297 |
| 2019 | 1,065 | 304 |
| 2020 | 1,140 | 272 |
| 2021 | 1,192 | 261 |
| 2022 | 1,122 | 282 |
| 2023 | 1,106 | 286 |
| 2024 | 1,161 | 271 |
| 2025 | 1,062 | 289 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 47 | 789 |
| 2012 | 38 | 955 |
| 2013 | 66 | 616 |
| 2014 | 54 | 731 |
| 2015 | 74 | 577 |
| 2016 | 71 | 594 |
| 2017 | 79 | 549 |
| 2018 | 68 | 602 |
| 2019 | 87 | 475 |
| 2020 | 83 | 486 |
| 2021 | 120 | 380 |
| 2022 | 106 | 397 |
| 2023 | 124 | 347 |
| 2024 | 104 | 411 |
| 2025 | 126 | 342 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: آديلايد
- Catalan: Adelaida
- Dutch: Adelheid
- Finnish: Aada
- French: Adélaïde
- German: Adelheid
- Greek: Αδελαΐδα
- Hungarian: Adél
- Icelandic: Aðalheiður
- Italian: Adelaide
- Japanese: アデレード, アデライド
- Latin: Adelais
- Polish: Adelajda
- Portuguese: Adelaide
- Russian: Аделаи́да
- Spanish: Adelaida

## People named Adelaide

- Adelaide of Aquitaine, French noble woman and queens consort
- Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, French painter and miniaturist (1749–1803)
- Adelaide Kane, Australian actress (born 1990)
- Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, British Royal (1833–1897), mother of Mary of Teck
- Adelaide del Vasto, Countess of Sicily (1089–1101) and Queen of Jerusalem (1112–1117)
- Adelaide Anne Procter, English poet and philanthropist (1825–1864)
- Adelaide Clemens, Australian actress
- Marie Adélaïde of France, French noblewoman (1732–1800)
- Princess Adélaïde of Orléans, French royal (1777–1847)
- Adelaide Hall, American-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993)
- Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, English novelist (1868-1947)
- Adelaide Lambert, American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1907-1996)

## 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.