Is Adel a boy or girl name?

Adel is a unisex name. Of the 3,002 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.8% were girls and 50.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2025, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Adel

Recorded 1888–2025 · United States

Adel was most popular in 2006, when 65 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,670 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,412, with 53 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,002 people named Adel.

Adel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Adel’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Adel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Adel is a unisex name — 49.8% of the 3,002 Americans given it were girls and 50.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 37% girls and 63% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Adel

Where Adel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org