Adelita
Adelita is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Adelita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adelita 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 Adelita
The earliest SSA record of Adelita as a baby girl name dates back to 1924, when 6 babies received it. 1961 was its biggest year on record, with 43 newborns named Adelita — #1,741 in the national rankings. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #3,994 among baby girl names with 36 births, rising sharply (+43% over the past five years). In total, more than 2K Adelitas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adelita
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About the name Adelita
Adelita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1924 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Adelita's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #1,626. Use the chart and map above to compare Adelita'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 .
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