Adalie
Feminine · “noble”
Adalie joins the Germanic adal — noble — to a French-looking ending, and it is one of a large family of recent American names built on the same front.
How old is the name Adalie?
Adalie first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Adalie is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,400 people named Adalie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adalie most popular?
Adalie peaked in 2023, reaching #1391 nationally. Today it ranks #1769, 378 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adal to Adalie
Our story of Adalie
Our story of Adalie is a story of one syllable doing a great deal of work. Adal, the Germanic for noble, opens more European names than almost any other element — Adelaide, Adeline, Alice, Albert, Adela. By the 2010s American families were building freely on it: Adalynn, Adaline, Adalee, Adalie. The front carries a real and documented meaning; the endings are chosen rather than inherited. Adalie appears in the registers in that decade, and both halves of that are worth saying.
Meaningscholars disagree
noble
The adal element is the Germanic for 'noble' and is entirely settled — it opens Adelaide, Adeline, Alice and Albert. The -ie ending is a modern American addition. Whether Adalie descends from Adele or Adalia or is a free coinage on the front is not documented.
How the name formed
- adal
- Adalie
Related forms: Adalee · Adaline · Adele
Pronouncing Adalie
AD-uh-lee
Three syllables, stress on the first. Some bearers say uh-DAH-lee with the stress in the middle.
Nicknames for Adalie
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 2023161 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1391reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −7.3%114 in 2025, from 123
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Adalie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adalee in English — spelling variant
- Adaline in English — related form
- Adele in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Adalies among us
people named Adalie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,099 born in 2025 was named Adalie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Angely test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adalie's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Angely climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Angely's path sketches the road Adalie is walking now.
Adalie sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Adalie is headed
Adalie should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Adalie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adalie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The adal element is transparent and among the best documented in Germanic naming.
- Ada and Addie are two short forms, both with real records.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- Only the front element has a documented origin.
- The stress placement splits between two readings.
- Adaline and Adalee are close enough to cause confusion.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adalies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Adalie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adalie in 2025?
- Adalie ranks #1769 among US girl names in 2025, with 114 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adalie?
- About 1 in every 14,099 US girls born in 2025 was named Adalie — 114 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adalie with classmates?
- Adalie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Adalie
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