girl's name
Adalyn
AD-uh-lin
- Origin Germanic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 32,893
the United States
#260
2025 births
Adalyn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble". It is a modern respelling of Adeline, which descends through Norman French from the Germanic adal, and the LYN ending was reshaped in twentieth-century America to match names like Madelyn and Evelyn.
- Adalyn is a name of Germanic origin.
- Peaked in 2015, when 2,456 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 2,781 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1908.
Adalyn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 |
| 1910s | 44 |
| 1920s | 28 |
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1980s | 7 |
| 1990s | 85 |
| 2000s | 2,333 |
| 2010s | 18,846 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 9,660 |
What Adalyn means
Adalyn means noble, from the Germanic adal, the same element in Adelaide, Alice and Albert. The second half carries no separate meaning: it is a spelling fashion, not a word.
Where Adalyn comes from
Adalyn reshapes Adeline, which came to England with the Normans as a diminutive of Adela, from the Germanic adal, noble. That element is enormously productive — Adelaide is noble kind, Alice is a worn-down Adelheid, and Albert is noble and bright. The LYN ending is a modern American respelling that aligns the name with Madelyn, Jaselyn and Evelyn, and it separates Adalyn from the older Adeline in the records while leaving the pronunciation broadly intact. It peaked in 2015 and charts across five of the six countries we track.
Adalyn in use
Adalyn peaked in 2015 and charts in six of the seven countries we track, unusually wide reach for a modern respelling.
How popular is Adalyn?
In 2025, Adalyn was given to 1,192 babies in the United States, ranking #260 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Adalyn is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Adalyn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Adalyn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adalyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
3 nicknames for Adalyn
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Adalyn in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- German
- Adeline
Sibling names for Adalyn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adalyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Adalyn
What does the name Adalyn mean?
Noble, from the Germanic adal — the same element in Adelaide, Alice and Albert.
What is the difference between Adalyn and Adeline?
Adeline is the older Norman French form. Adalyn is a modern American respelling with the LYN ending borrowed from names like Madelyn and Evelyn.
How do you pronounce Adalyn?
AD-uh-lin, with the stress on the first syllable.
How popular is the name Adalyn?
In 2025, Adalyn was given to 1,192 babies in the United States, ranking #260 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Adalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Adalyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Adalyn most popular?
Adalyn peaked in 2015, when 2,456 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Adalyn?
Adalyn is usually shortened to Addie, Ada and Lyn.
Is Adalyn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adalyn currently ranks #260 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.