Adael
A feminine name of Hebrew origin meaning "God has adorned".
Name Census estimates that about 567 living Americans carry the first name Adael. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Adael today is around 8 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adael births was 2023 (151 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adael. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
567
~ 1 in 604,505 Americans
Peak year
2023
151 babies that year
Average age
8
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,052
Tracked since 2002
Census
Adael in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 259 people with the first name Adael, which placed it at #32,463 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#32,463
National first-name rank
People counted
259
259 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
95.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adael
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adael is Hispanic at 95.0%. The next largest groups are White (2.7%) and Black (1.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Adael described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Adael at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino95.0% · 246
- White2.7% · 7
- Black or African American1.9% · 5
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.4% · 1
Popularity
Adael: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adael from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 297 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adael by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Adael during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adaels live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. California, Texas, Arizona recorded the most babies named Adael, while Illinois, Tennessee, Colorado recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 41 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Adael
The name Adael is believed to have its origins in the ancient Aramaic language, which was widely spoken in the Middle East during the first millennium BCE. Aramaic was the lingua franca of the Persian Empire and the language of the Jewish people during the time of the Bible. The name Adael is thought to be derived from the Aramaic words "ad" meaning "eternity" and "el" meaning "God," suggesting a meaning of "God is eternal" or "eternal God."
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Adael can be found in the Babylonian Talmud, a central text of Rabbinic Judaism compiled between the 3rd and 5th centuries CE. In the Talmud, Adael is mentioned as the name of a Rabbi who lived in the 3rd century CE and was known for his wisdom and teachings.
During the Middle Ages, the name Adael gained popularity among Jewish communities across Europe and the Middle East. In the 11th century, a Jewish philosopher and scholar named Adael ben Shem Tov lived in Spain and wrote extensively on various topics, including theology, mathematics, and astronomy.
In the 16th century, an Italian Jewish scholar named Adael Reuveni claimed to be a descendant of the lost tribe of Reuben and sought to gather support for a Jewish return to the Land of Israel. His claims were later discredited, but his story and the use of the name Adael in this context garnered attention.
Another notable figure named Adael was a 17th-century French Huguenot soldier and military engineer who fought in the Thirty Years' War. His full name was Adael de Poix, and he was known for his expertise in fortifications and defensive strategies.
In more recent times, Adael has been used as a given name, although it remains relatively uncommon. One notable individual with this name was Adael Bultheel, a Belgian mathematician and computer scientist who made significant contributions to the field of numerical analysis in the 20th century.
While the name Adael has its roots in ancient Aramaic and has been used throughout history, particularly within Jewish communities, it remains a unique and relatively uncommon name in modern times.
People
Adael + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adael as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Adael: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adael?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 567 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adael going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 604,505 US residents.
Is Adael a common name?
We classify Adael as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 571 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adael most popular?
The single biggest year for Adael was 2023, when 151 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adael is about 8 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adael in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 259 people with the name Adael, or 0.09 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #32,463 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Adael in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Adael?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adael leans strongly male. 261 people counted with this name were male (97.4%), compared with 7 female bearers (2.6%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Adael?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adael is Hispanic at 95.0%. The next largest groups are White (2.7%) and Black (1.9%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Adael most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Adael in the 2020 Census, accounting for 95.0% (246 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Adael in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adael a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Adael in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Adael still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adael in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Adael can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people share the name Adael?
Want to know how many people have the name Adael? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.