Adaline
Adaline was the 208th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,446 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 172nd with 1,882 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 157 places. More babies were named Adaline in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Adeline) noble · Germanic, French
- Rank in 2025
- #208 girls, up 79 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,446girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20161,882 babies
- Total since 1880
- 18,766babies recorded
What does the name Adaline mean?
Adaline is a spelling of Adeline, pronounced the same way, so it shares Adeline's meaning and origin.
Adeline is an old French pet form built on Germanic names beginning with adal, 'noble', such as Adela and Adelaide; DMNES describes it as a diminutive of Adelheid or Adela that quickly became a name of its own. The Normans brought it to England, and DMNES finds it in English records from 1189. Wiktionary agrees that it reached England with the Normans as a diminutive of Adela and Adele. Addie is a common short form, and Adelina is the Latin and Spanish form.
adal (Old High German, “noble”)-ine (French, “diminutive ending”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Adelina, Adaline, Adalyn, Adelaide, Adela, Addie, Ada.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Adeline', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Wiktionary, entry 'Adeline', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Adaline popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #208 | 1,446 |
| 2020 | #287 | 1,112 |
| 2010 | #1,603 | 135 |
| 2000 | #3,454 | 38 |
| 1990 | #10,203 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #4,185 | 10 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 |
| 1910 | #859 | 25 |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 |
| 1890 | #617 | 18 |
| 1880 | #333 | 23 |
How popular is Adaline, counting every spelling?
Adaline is a spelling of Adeline, a name family that ranked #21 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #208 for Adaline on its own. Together these spellings went to 7,187 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adeline | 3,864 | #59 | 16,287 |
| Adaline | 1,446 | #208 | 6,949 |
| Adelyn | 851 | #355 | 5,153 |
| Adelynn | 693 | #447 | 3,991 |
| Addelyn | 94 | #2,017 | 549 |
| Adelyne | 64 | #2,691 | 293 |
| Adelin | 42 | #3,577 | 236 |
| Addelynn | 32 | #4,354 | 156 |
| Adelynne | 38 | #3,832 | 156 |
| Addeline | 31 | #4,460 | 140 |
| Adelene | 15 | #7,142 | 91 |
| Adelinne | 6 | #13,228 | 42 |
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 Adaline?
1,446 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adaline (0.40 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Adaline 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 6 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adaline.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Adaline?
About 16,700 people born in the US named Adaline are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 10. That makes Adaline 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.
Adaline by state
How common Adaline was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Montana (2.7×), West Virginia (2.6×), Idaho (2.6×), Maine (2.5×), South Dakota (2.4×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Delaware, New Jersey, New York.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Adaline: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Adaline, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Adaline
What does Adaline mean?
Adaline is a spelling of Adeline, which means “noble” (Germanic, French origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Adaline?
Adaline was the 208th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,446 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 172nd with 1,882 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 157 places. More babies were named Adaline in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Adaline a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Adaline in the US.
Where is Adaline most popular?
In 2021–2025, Adaline was most common in Montana (2.29 per 1,000 girls), followed by West Virginia and Idaho.