Adelaida
Adelaida is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Adelaida
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adelaida is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Adelaida
The earliest SSA record of Adelaida as a baby girl name dates back to 1889, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 92 newborns named Adelaida — #2,078 in the national rankings. As of 2026, Adelaida ranks #2,167 for baby girls with 87 births, rising sharply (+43% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adelaida
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About the name Adelaida
Adelaida is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1889 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Adelaida's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #1,034. Use the chart and map above to compare Adelaida's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.