Fun Facts About the Name Adelie
- 687 babies named Adelie: U.S. records list 687 babies given the name Adelie from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adelie Mean?
Adelie is a French feminine given name meaning "noble." It is a form of Adèle, the French version of the Germanic name Adela, which comes from the element adal, meaning "noble." The same Germanic root lies behind names such as Adeline and Adelaide, but Adelie's immediate parent is Adèle. Adélie is often described as a diminutive of Adèle, which would add a sense like "little noble one," though the basic meaning stays "noble."
Adelie Name History & Origins
The name rests on the Germanic element adal ("noble"), which Frankish and other Germanic-speaking peoples used in personal names. The short feminine form Adela entered medieval Europe through the Franks and was carried by noblewomen, including Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror, and her granddaughter Adela of Blois. In France the name settled as Adèle, and Adélie appears as a related French feminine form.
English use of the spelling Adelie, usually written without the accent, follows the French name. The form is also familiar from Adélie Land, a stretch of the Antarctic coast claimed in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville and named for his wife, Adèle. The Adélie penguin takes its name from that region rather than directly from the given name.
How Popular is the Name Adelie?
Adelie has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2013. Its best rank was #3,167 in 2013.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,729 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #6,615 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2023 | #5,123 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #3,964 | 37 | 0.0023% |
| 2021 | #3,292 | 48 | 0.0029% |
| 2020 | #5,316 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #3,786 | 39 | 0.0023% |
| 2018 | #4,459 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #4,812 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | 0.0020% |
| 2015 | #3,766 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2013 | #3,167 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2012 | #3,643 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2011 | #4,466 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2010 | #4,609 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2008 | #5,146 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2007 | #7,397 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #6,846 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 2005 | #7,507 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #9,268 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #10,437 | 9 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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