Adela is a distinctive choice, ranked #1512 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Adela in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1512
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About the Name Adela
Adela has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 439 places in five years. It was most popular in 2022 at #910 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Adela is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Adela in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Adela
Adela Zaharia — Adela Zaharia is a Romanian operatic soprano.
Adela Micha — Adela Micha Zaga is a Mexican journalist notable for conducting several radio and TV newscasts and pioneering the Big Brother reality show in Mexico.
Adela Pankhurst — Adela Constantia Mary Walsh was a British-born suffragette who worked as a political organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Scotland.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Adela
Unlikely. With around 20 UK babies named Adela per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Adela in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Adela is declining: down 348 places since 2020, to #1,512 in 2025. It peaked at #910 in 2022.
Adela is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Adela include: Adela Zaharia, Adela Micha and Adela Elizabeth Zúñiga. Short summaries for each appear below.
Adela does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Adelas in the wild.
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UK babies named Adela (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 348 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Adela
Almost certainly the only Adela in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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✨ Similar names to Adela
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Adela Constantia Mary Walsh was a British-born suffragette who worked as a political organiser for the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in Scotland.
Adela Bottino, known professionally as Adela Adamova, is an Italian-born Argentine ballet dancer, actress and singer who was the prima ballerina at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
Adela of Normandy, of Blois, or of England, also known as Saint Adela in the Catholic Church, was a daughter of William the Conqueror and Matilda of Flanders.