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Adeel

Masculine

1980high 2020
#6446 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare13 boys in 2025

Adeel entered the US charts in 1980, peaked at #3523 in 1988, ranks #6446 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Adeel?

Adeel first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Adeel alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 400 people named Adeel are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Adeel most popular?

Adeel peaked in 1988, reaching #3523 nationally. Today it ranks #6446, 2,923 places below that high. See the whole 1988 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1980–202520100201319802025

US babies named Adeel per year from 1980 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#35231980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1980
Most boys named
202020 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3523reached in 1988
Change vs 2024
−18.8%13 in 2025, from 16
Adeel sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2020, with 20 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Adeels among us

400

people named Adeel are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 131,390 born in 2025 was named Adeel

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Adeel

#6446
Adeel on the 2025 chart
#894
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Adeel went to 13 boys in 2025, but Adel is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 34, which makes it the 894th most-given boys’ name of the year — 5,552 places above the chart.

About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 131,390 for Adeel itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Jayde test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adeel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jayde climbed just as high around 1970, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jayde's path sketches the road Adeel is walking now.

40%chance Adeel will feel dated by 2040
Adeel, aligned on its peakJayde· peak 1970not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak0 yrs+50 yrsJayde · #9749Adeel today
Adeel today is about where Jayde stood in 2007 — 37 years past a #3521-sized peak. By 2022, Jayde had settled around #9749.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Adeel 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

Adeel beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Adeel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Adeelthis name13#6446Rollie13#6446Billie13#6446Worth13#6446Blas13#6446

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Adeels are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Adeel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Adeel?
Adeel is one of 2 recorded spellings. Adel is the more common one — 21 births in 2025 against 13 for Adeel.
How popular is the name Adeel in 2025?
Adeel ranks #6446 among US boy names in 2025, with 13 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Adeel?
About 1 in every 131,390 US boys born in 2025 was named Adeel — 13 in all.
Will my child share the name Adeel with classmates?
Adeel will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Adeel

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Rollie#6446 · Billie#6446 · Worth#6446 · Blas#6446 · Starling#6446 · Alvis#6446 · Elwyn#6446 · Rollin#6446

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