Adalynn

What Adalynn 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, “Adalynn” (revision 91794257) and “Adela” (revision 93848320), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Adalynn?

US: Falling: down from #124 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2018, when 2,815 girls got the name (#108 that year). First in the US records in 1996.

How common

• About 1 in 955 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 14,071 baby girls in England and Wales 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 WV (6.11 per 1,000 girls), ND (4.81 per 1,000 girls), SD (3.28 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Adalynn is #184 in the US and #1639 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 Adalynn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Adaline1,446 US · 100 E&W
• Adalyn1,192 US · 50 E&W
• Adelyn851 US · 30 E&W
• Adelynn693 US · 8 E&W
• Addilynn136 US
• Addalyn84 US
• Adilynn77 US
• Adalyne71 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 Adalynn

Girls

• Juliet#274Editor’s note Down from #240 in 2015 to #274 in 2025 in the US
• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US
• Camila#19Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #19 vs #1,051 in 2025

For a brother

• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jayce#167Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #167 vs #822 in 2025

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 Adalynn’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.