Name meaning & stats
Adele
Adele means “noble” (Germanic origin). 19,619 US babies since 1940, peak 2012.
What it means
“noble”
GermanicWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2012
19,619 US babies were named Adele between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Adele (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 61% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2012)