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Adelaide

Girl

Origin of the name

Adelaide is of Germanic origin, from Adalheidis, made of adal, “noble,” and heit, “nature, kind.” It is of the same family as Alice. The Australian city of Adelaide was named after Queen Adelaide.

Comeback name

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The high point came in 2016, with 1,240 births and the No. 255 spot that year. Almost forgotten around 1971, with about 10 births a year, it has been climbing back since. Its rank in 2025: No. 289.
35,007births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 255rank at its peak, in 2016

Where babies named Adelaide are born

2016

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The darker the blue, the more common Adelaide is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Adelaide is most common in Utah (3.6 times), Idaho (2) and Colorado (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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