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Baby name
Adel
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50% girls / 50% boys
Origin of the name
Adel has two possible origins: the Germanic adal, “nobility,” and the Arabic Adil, “just.”
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Classic name
1,508births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 2442rank at its peak, in 2007
Where babies named Adel are born
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Classic name
1,494births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 4351rank at its peak, in 2025
Where babies named Adel are born
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100% | 0% |
| 1890s | 100% | 0% |
| 1900s | 100% | 0% |
| 1910s | 94% | 6% |
| 1920s | 97% | 3% |
| 1930s | 91% | 9% |
| 1940s | 95% | 5% |
| 1950s | 100% | 0% |
| 1960s | 75% | 25% |
| 1970s | 64% | 36% |
| 1980s | 34% | 66% |
| 1990s | 17% | 83% |
| 2000s | 24% | 76% |
| 2010s | 32% | 68% |
| 2020s | 41% | 59% |