Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adelaida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,177
- 0 boys · 3,177 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 93 babies
- 2025
- 65
- #2,647 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 65 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,647 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,104 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adelaida’s family of names
In English usage, Adelaida has a diminutive in Ida. In Catalan usage, Adelaida has a conventional equivalent in the English form Adelaide. In Spanish usage, Adelaida has a conventional equivalent in the German form Adelheid.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Adelaida has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Adelaida comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Adelaida
- Adelaida Avagyanhygienist (1924–2000)
- DalilahSpanish bellydancer1936–2001
- Adelaida García MoralesSpanish writer1945–2014
- Adelaida K. Semesidirector of the Institute of Marine Science, Zanzibar and botanical collector1951–2001
- Adelaida Abarca IzquierdoSpanish Republican political activistborn 1923
- Adelaida SolerArgentine actress1913–1976
- Dely Atay-AtayanFilipino comedian and singer (1914–2004)
- The Real RoxanneAmerican hip hop emceeborn 1963
- Adelaida MammadovaAzerbaijani musician-scientist1922–2015
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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