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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: steady

AdeleIn Hebrew: אדל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אַדֶל

Adele (Hebrew: אדל) is a girl's name of international origin. 15,597 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 755 girls and ranked #14. Its peak year was 2014, with 1,151 babies.

People in Israel
15,597
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
755
rank #14
Peak year
2014
1,151 babies
USA, 2025
362
rank #751

Writing and saying Adele

In Hebrew letters the name is אדל, read right to left. Adele is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Adele by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Adele: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Adele in English-speaking countries

Adele in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025362#7511918 (1,030)
United Kingdom202554#7411998 (194)
England and Wales202551#7191998 (165)
Scotland20253#7801990 (70)
Alberta20258#5522012 (17)
Quebec2025181#282023 (182)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Adele has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Adele

How do you write Adele in Hebrew?

Adele is written אדל in Hebrew (with vowel points: אַדֶל). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Adele?

15,597 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אדל: 15,579 women and 18 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Adele a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named אדל are women.

Is Adele used outside Israel?

The name Adele appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 362 girls were given it in 2025 (#751), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 54 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.