# Adelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/adelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,618 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 23,612 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 305, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare non-standard variant of Adeline.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,057 | 299 |
| 2012 | 1,351 | 236 |
| 2013 | 1,506 | 212 |
| 2014 | 1,674 | 198 |
| 2015 | 1,680 | 196 |
| 2016 | 1,672 | 194 |
| 2017 | 1,519 | 204 |
| 2018 | 1,384 | 227 |
| 2019 | 1,295 | 247 |
| 2020 | 1,261 | 238 |
| 2021 | 1,248 | 246 |
| 2022 | 1,102 | 287 |
| 2023 | 974 | 320 |
| 2024 | 978 | 314 |
| 2025 | 851 | 355 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 | 10,742 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 32 | 1,082 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,200 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 36 | 980 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,110 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.