Adelaida
Feminine · “noble kind”
Adelaida is the Spanish of Adelaide — noble kind — and the empress of that name escaped imprisonment through a tunnel.
How old is the name Adelaida?
Adelaida first appears in US birth records in 1889 — 136 years ago. The typical Adelaida alive today was born around 1981, making them about 44 years old. About 2,500 people named Adelaida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adelaida most popular?
Adelaida peaked in 1899, reaching #1034 nationally. Today it ranks #2645, 1,611 places below that high. See the whole 1899 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adal heid to Adelaida
The story of Adelaida
Adelheid was an empress of the tenth century, wife of Otto the Great, imprisoned by a rival king and escaped through a tunnel dug by a priest; she was later canonized. The Australian city is named for a nineteenth-century queen. Adelaida is the Spanish form and is in current American use.
Meaning
noble kind
From the Germanic adal, 'noble', and heid, 'kind' or 'sort'. Adelheid was reshaped as Adelaide in French and Adelaida in Spanish. The elements are ordinary Germanic and the compound transparent. The reading is undisputed.
How the name formed
- adal heid
- Adelheid
- Adelaida
Related forms: Adelaida · Adelaide · Adelheid
Pronouncing Adelaida
ah-deh-LY-dah
Four syllables, stress on the third. English Adelaide is AD-uh-layd.
Nicknames for Adelaida
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
- 1889
- Most girls named
- 202276 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1034reached in 1899
- Change vs 2022
- −14.5%65 in 2025, from 76
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.
Adelaida in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adelaida in Spanish — same name
- Adelaide in English — related form
- Adelheid in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Adelaidas among us
people named Adelaida are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,727 born in 2025 was named Adelaida
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Adelaida 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 Adelaida is headed
Adelaida looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
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.
Adelaida beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adelaida in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the empress escaped imprisonment through a tunnel is a first-rate story.
- Adela and Ada are two short forms, both with real records.
- The noble-kind meaning is transparent and strong.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- Adelaide is what English speakers will substitute.
- It reads as specifically Spanish-speaking.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adelaidas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,500 people named Adelaida are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adelaida in 2025?
- Adelaida ranks #2645 among US girl names in 2025, with 65 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adelaida?
- About 1 in every 24,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Adelaida — 65 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adelaida with classmates?
- Adelaida will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Adelaida
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