Adella
Adella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Adella
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adella is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Adella
Adella first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 26 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 143 births, good for #599 nationwide. As of 2026, Adella ranks #2,734 for baby girls with 62 births, gradually falling (-9%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adella
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About the name Adella
Adella is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Adella's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #309. Use the chart and map above to compare Adella'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.