Adalee
Adalee was the 987th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 256 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 670th with 435 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 144 places. More babies were named Adalee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it AD-uh-lee /ˈædəli/
- Rank in 2025
- #987 girls, down 232 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 256girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2022435 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,731babies recorded
What does the name Adalee mean?
Adalee is a recent American girls' name, recorded occasionally since 1915 and much more often in recent years. No dictionary we checked documents it. It looks like a blend of Ada (or Adalyn) with -lee, an ending popular in modern names, and Ada-names often go back to Germanic adal, noble, but no source confirms Adalee's formation, so we do not give it a meaning.
How sure is this? Not documented. Undocumented modern blend.
Related names: Adaleigh, Adalyn, Ada, Adeline.
Sources for this meaning
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Adela', DMNES (Durham University)
Nicknames for Adalee
The usual nicknames for Adalee are Addie. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Adalee in the last five years, 53 were named Addie, against 941 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addie · also for Addison, Adeline, Adalynn | Modern | #1,272 | 916 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Adalees go by each one.
Adalee popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #987 | 256 |
| 2020 | #755 | 360 |
| 2010 | #1,668 | 127 |
| 2000 | #5,938 | 18 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | #3,659 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,959 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Adalee, counting every spelling?
Adalee is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #596 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #987 for Adalee on its own. Together these spellings went to 498 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adalee | 256 | #987 | 1,733 |
| Adalie | 114 | #1,769 | 680 |
| Adaly | 43 | #3,518 | 284 |
| Adali | 27 | #4,879 | 163 |
| Adaley | 15 | #7,139 | 128 |
| Adaleah | 13 | #7,892 | 71 |
| Addalee | 7 | #11,951 | 58 |
| Adalea | 10 | #9,462 | 42 |
| Addalie | 6 | #13,224 | 30 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Adalee?
256 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adalee (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Adalee born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 33 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adalee.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Adalee?
About 4,600 people born in the US named Adalee are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 12. That makes Adalee a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Adalee by state
How common Adalee was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (2.5×), Kansas (2.3×), Tennessee (2.2×), Louisiana (2.1×), Oklahoma (1.9×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Maryland, New Jersey, Washington.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Adalee: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Adalee, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Adalee · Sibling names for Adalee
Questions about the name Adalee
How popular is the name Adalee?
Adalee was the 987th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 256 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 670th with 435 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 144 places. More babies were named Adalee in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Adalee a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Adalee in the US.
Where is Adalee most popular?
In 2021–2025, Adalee was most common in Montana (0.74 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and New Mexico.