girl's name
Adelyn
AD-uh-lin
- Origin Germanic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 25,268
the United States
#357
2025 births
Adelyn is a girl's name of Germanic origin meaning "noble". It is a modern respelling of Adeline, descending through Norman French from the element adal, with the LYN ending borrowed from Evelyn and Madelyn rather than carrying meaning of its own.
- Adelyn is a name of Germanic origin.
- Peaked in 2014, when 1,680 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,896 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1899.
Adelyn over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1890s 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 |
|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 |
| 1900s | 14 |
| 1910s | 136 |
| 1920s | 140 |
| 1930s | 68 |
| 1940s | 45 |
| 1950s | 5 |
| 1980s | 41 |
| 1990s | 242 |
| 2000s | 2,529 |
| 2010s | 13,979 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 6,414 |
What Adelyn means
Adelyn means noble, from the Germanic adal — the same element behind Adelaide, Alice and Albert. The second half is a spelling fashion and adds nothing to the sense.
Where Adelyn comes from
Adelyn reshapes Adeline, a Norman French diminutive of Adela from the Germanic adal, noble. That element is among the most productive in European naming: Adelaide is noble kind, Albert is noble and bright, and Alice is Adelheid worn down over centuries. The LYN ending belongs to a twentieth-century American spelling habit that aligned names with Evelyn, Madelyn and Jocelyn, and it separates Adelyn from Adeline in the records without changing the sound. It appears in our data from 1899 and peaked in 2014.
Adelyn in use
Adelyn charts in only three of the seven countries we track and peaked in 2014.
How popular is Adelyn?
In 2025, Adelyn was given to 851 babies in the United States, ranking #357 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Adelyn 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 Adelyn
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Adelyn also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Adelyn over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Adelyn
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.
Adelyn 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 Adelyn
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Adelyn — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Adelyn
What does the name Adelyn mean?
Noble, from the Germanic adal — the element behind Adelaide, Alice and Albert.
What is the difference between Adelyn and Adalyn?
Only the vowel. Both are modern respellings of Adeline and both are pronounced the same.
How do you pronounce Adelyn?
AD-uh-lin, with the stress on the first syllable.
How popular is the name Adelyn?
In 2025, Adelyn was given to 851 babies in the United States, ranking #357 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Adelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelyn is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Adelyn most popular?
Adelyn peaked in 2014, when 1,680 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Adelyn?
Adelyn is usually shortened to Addie and Lyn.
Is Adelyn a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Adelyn currently ranks #357 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.