Adelina
A feminine name of German origin meaning "noble" or "serene".
Name Census estimates that about 12,890 living Americans carry the first name Adelina. It sits at #341 in the overall ranking, outside the top 50 but still well-represented. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Adelina today is around 19 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Adelina births was 2024 (910 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Adelina. 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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Adelina with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
13K
~ 1 in 26,591 Americans
Peak year
2024
910 babies that year
Average age
19
years old
2024 SSA rank
#341
Tracked since 1884
Census
Adelina in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 15,131 people with the first name Adelina, which placed it at #1,892 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
#1,892
National first-name rank
People counted
15K
15,131 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
5.0
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
65.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Adelina
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adelina is Hispanic at 65.7%. The next largest groups are White (23.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (6.8%). 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 Adelina 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 Adelina at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino65.7% · 9,935
- White23.6% · 3,572
- Asian and Pacific Islander6.8% · 1,023
- Two or more races1.9% · 295
- Black or African American1.8% · 268
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.3% · 38
Popularity
Adelina: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Adelina from the 1880s through to the 2020s, spanning 15 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 4,988 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Adelina remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Adelina 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 Adelina during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Adelinas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 43 states and territories. Texas, California, New York recorded the most babies named Adelina, while Wyoming, New Hampshire, Nebraska recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 297 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Adelina
The name Adelina is derived from the Germanic name Adalheidis, which is composed of the elements "adal" meaning noble and "heid" meaning type or kind. It emerged in the Middle Ages and was particularly popular in Italy and Spain.
The name Adelina can be traced back to the 9th century when it was first recorded in medieval documents. It is a feminine form of the German name Adalbert, which was borne by several historical figures, including a 7th-century saint and a 10th-century king of Italy.
One of the earliest known bearers of the name Adelina was Adelina of Toulouse, a 12th-century noblewoman who was the wife of King Roger II of Sicily. Another notable historical figure with this name was Adelina Patti, an Italian opera singer who lived from 1843 to 1919 and was renowned for her bel canto technique.
In the 13th century, the name Adelina appeared in the works of the Italian poet Dante Alighieri, who mentioned a character named Adelina in his epic poem "Divine Comedy". This literary reference likely contributed to the name's popularity in Italy during the Renaissance period.
Other famous individuals named Adelina include Adelina Sotnikova, a Russian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and Adelina Ismaili, an Albanian singer and songwriter who has represented her country at the Eurovision Song Contest.
During the 19th century, the name Adelina gained popularity in various European countries, including Germany, France, and England. Notable bearers from this period include Adelina Patti, an Italian opera singer who lived from 1843 to 1919, and Adelina Stortini, an Italian painter who was active in the early 20th century.
People
Adelina + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Adelina 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
Adelina: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Adelina?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 12,890 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Adelina 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 26,591 US residents.
Is Adelina a common name?
We classify Adelina as "Uncommon". It ranks above 98% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 15,751 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Adelina most popular?
The single biggest year for Adelina was 2024, when 910 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Adelina is about 19 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Adelina in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 15,131 people with the name Adelina, or 5.01 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #1,892 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 Adelina 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 Adelina?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Adelina appears almost entirely female. Of the 15,131 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. 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 Adelina?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Adelina is Hispanic at 65.7%. The next largest groups are White (23.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (6.8%). 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 Adelina most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Adelina in the 2020 Census, accounting for 65.7% (9,935 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 Adelina in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Adelina a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Adelina in the SSA data are female. 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 Adelina still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Adelina 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 Adelina 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 Americans are named Adelina?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.