Adalyn

What Adalyn means

Form of Adela, meaning “noble”

variant of Adeline || Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Adalyn” (revision 91794262) and “Adela” (revision 93848320), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Adalyn?

US: Falling: down from #132 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1362 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 2,456 girls got the name (#132 that year). First in the US records in 1908.

How common

• About 1 in 1,348 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,066 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,473 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (2.7 per 1,000 girls), WV (2.36 per 1,000 girls), ME (1.93 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Adalyn is #260 in the US and #733 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Adalyn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Adalynn1,683 US · 18 E&W
• Adaline1,446 US · 100 E&W
• Adelyn851 US · 30 E&W
• Adelynn693 US · 8 E&W
• Addilyn256 US · 4 E&W
• Addelyn94 US
• Addalyn84 US
• Adilynn77 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Adalyn

Girls

• Genesis#66“creation, beginning, origin”^*
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

For a brother

• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Tucker#181Editor’s note Steady in the US: #186 in 2015 and #181 in 2025
• Liam#1Form of William, meaning “will + helmet”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Adalyn’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.