Adelyn

What Adelyn 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, “Adelyn” (revision 55058613) and “Adela” (revision 93848320), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Adelyn?

US: Falling: down from #196 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2016, when 1,672 girls got the name (#194 that year). First in the US records in 1899.

How common

• About 1 in 1,889 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,443 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 KS (1.27 per 1,000 girls), ID (1.26 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.2 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Adelyn is #355 in the US and #1110 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 Adelyn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Adeline3,864 US · 211 E&W
• Adalynn1,683 US · 18 E&W
• Adalyn1,192 US · 50 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 Adelyn

Girls

• Stella#52“star”^*
• 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
• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Olive#197Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #47 vs #197 in 2025
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Violet#13From the word “violet”^*

For a brother

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• 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
• Eli#104“ascent”^*
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Jace#114Diminutive of Jason, meaning “I heal”^*

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