Addilyn

What Addilyn 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, “Addilyn” (revision 55058575) and “Adela” (revision 93848320), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Addilyn?

US: Falling: down from #335 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #3252 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 1,040 girls got the name (#312 that year). First in the US records in 1999.

How common

• About 1 in 6,278 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 63,320 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 ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.85 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.79 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Addilyn is #987 in the US and #4867 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 Addilyn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Adalyn1,192 US · 50 E&W
• Adelyn851 US · 30 E&W
• Addilynn136 US
• Addelyn94 US
• Addalyn84 US
• Adilynn77 US
• Addalynn52 US
• Adilyn40 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 Addilyn

Girls

• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Lyla#80Editor’s note Up from #141 in 2015 to #80 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 520 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Liliana#78Form of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*

For a brother

• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 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 Addilyn’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.