Adelaide is a distinctive choice, ranked #411 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Adelaide in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#411
US Rank #271
About the Name Adelaide
Adelaide is steadily gaining in popularity, up 75 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #347 in 2023, and it currently sits at #411. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Adelaide is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #271, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Adelaide
Unlikely. With around 104 UK babies named Adelaide per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Adelaide in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Adelaide is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 75 places over the last five years to #411 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Adelaide is more popular in the US (#271) than in the UK (#411). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Adelaide appears in the US top 500 at #271 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
104
UK babies named Adelaide (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 75 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Adelaide
Likely around 1 other Adelaide in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Adelaide
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Adelaide Cottage (formerly known as Adelaide Lodge) is a house in Windsor Home Park just east of Windsor Castle, in Berkshire, England. Built in 1831 for Queen Adelaide, it was previously the home of the Prince and Princess of Wales and their children.
Adelaide of Italy (German: Adelheid; 931 – 16 December 999 AD), also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was Holy Roman Empress by marriage to Emperor Otto the Great. She was crowned with him by Pope John XII in Rome on 2 February 962.