The first name Adelheid
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Adelheid at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 10 girls born in the United States were named Adelheid, the 9,466th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2014, when 19 were.
225
babies named Adelheid since 1880
#9,466
rank in 2025
2014
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Adelheid
21 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-DessauDuchess of Nassau, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1833–1916)
- Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-LangenburgDuchess of Schleswig-Holstein from 1869 to 1880
- Adelheid PoppAustrian feminist and socialist (1869–1939)
- Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-LippeDuchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, 1821–1899
- Adelheid KoflerAustrian physical chemist, mineralogist and ophthalmologist (1889-1985)
- Adelheid MorathGerman cross-country mountain biker (born 1984)
- Adelheid DietrichGerman painter (1827-1891)
- Adelheid SeeckGerman film actress (1912–1973)
- Adelheid ArndtGerman actress, born 1952
- Archduchess Adelaide of AustriaArchduchess of Austria, queen consort of Sardinia (1849-1855)
- Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-GlücksburgDanish princess (1888-1962)
- Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Archduchess of AustriaAustrian archduchess (1846-1927)
Questions
- Is Adelheid a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 225 US babies named Adelheid since 1880 were girls.
- When was Adelheid most popular?
- 2014 in the United States, when 19 babies were named Adelheid, its highest rank at 6,455th.