Adalynn
Adalynn was the 184th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,683 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 108th with 2,815 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 60 places. More babies were named Adalynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning noble (variant of Adeline) · Germanic, American English
Say it AD-uh-lin /ˈædəlɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #184 girls, down 68 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 1,683girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20182,815 babies
- Total since 1880
- 34,210babies recorded
What does the name Adalynn mean?
Adalynn is a modern American spelling of Adeline, reshaped with the popular -lynn ending. Wiktionary describes it as a non-standard variant of Adeline that can also be read as Ada plus -lynn. Adeline is an old French pet form of Germanic names beginning with adal, 'noble', such as Adela and Adelaide; DMNES records Adeline in England from 1189. Adalyn and Adelyn are other spellings in use.
adal (Old High German, “noble”)
How sure is this? Probable.
Related names: Adeline, Adalyn, Adelyn, Ada, Addie.
See also: Germanic names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Adalynn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Adeline', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
Nicknames for Adalynn
The usual nicknames for Adalynn are Addie and Ada. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Adalynn in the last five years, 78 were named Ada, against 641 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addie · also for Addison, Adeline, Adelaide | Modern | #1,272 | 916 |
| Ada · also for Adelaide | Modern | #219 | 7,935 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Adalynns go by each one.
Adalynn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #184 | 1,683 |
| 2020 | #116 | 2,340 |
| 2010 | #446 | 691 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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How popular is Adalynn, counting every spelling?
Adalynn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #99 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #184 for Adalynn on its own. Together these spellings went to 3,166 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adalynn | 1,683 | #184 | 10,160 |
| Adalyn | 1,192 | #260 | 7,726 |
| Addalyn | 84 | #2,194 | 607 |
| Addalynn | 52 | #3,101 | 497 |
| Adalyne | 71 | #2,486 | 305 |
| Adalynne | 34 | #4,172 | 227 |
| Adalin | 15 | #7,140 | 95 |
| Addaline | 13 | #7,893 | 78 |
| Adalene | 11 | #8,866 | 78 |
| Addalynne | 5 | #14,969 | 25 |
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 Adalynn?
1,683 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adalynn (0.47 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Adalynn 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 5 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adalynn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Adalynn?
About 34,000 people born in the US named Adalynn are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 12. That makes Adalynn 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.
Adalynn by state
How common Adalynn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (4.4×), Kentucky (2.7×), New Mexico (2.7×), North Dakota (2.5×), Arkansas (2.3×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Adalynn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Adalynn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Adalynn · Sibling names for Adalynn
Questions about the name Adalynn
What does Adalynn mean?
Adalynn means “noble (variant of Adeline)” (Germanic, American English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Adalynn?
Adalynn was the 184th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 1,683 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 108th with 2,815 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 60 places. More babies were named Adalynn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Adalynn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Adalynn in the US.
Where is Adalynn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Adalynn was most common in West Virginia (5.46 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and New Mexico.