girls' name ★ peaked 2018

Adalynn

Meaning Rare non-standard variant of Adeline with -lynn Gender Girl Rank 2025 #184 Trend ↓ Falling 21%

Rare non-standard variant of Adeline with -lynn.

Rank 2025
#184
among girls · ↓21 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,683
named Adalynn · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 955
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2018
2,815 babies
All-time total
34,210
#762 all-time among girls
First recorded
1996
in Social Security records

Adalynn popularity over time

34,210 babies have been named Adalynn since 1996, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2018Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
1950s – – – –
1960s – – – –
1970s – – – –
1980s – – – –
1990s 36 4 – #6,489
2000s 1,274 127 +3439% #669
2010s 20,400 2,040 +1501% #108
2020s (to 2025) 12,500 2,083 +2% #116

Where Adalynn is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,609 1.00 #196
2027 1,548 0.96 #200
2028 1,498 0.93 #203
2029 1,457 0.91 #208
2030 1,423 0.89 #213

Where Adalynn is most popular

Girls named Adalynn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.25 per 1,000. Strongest in West Virginia, Kentucky, and New Mexico.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Adalynn born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
West Virginia 143 5.46 +336%
Kentucky 294 3.44 +174%
New Mexico 81 3.33 +166%
North Dakota 41 3.12 +149%
Arkansas 149 2.82 +125%
Alabama 264 2.81 +125%
Mississippi 126 2.69 +115%
Alaska 22 2.56 +104%
South Dakota 35 2.45 +96%
Indiana 338 2.41 +92%
Wyoming 10 2.35 +87%
Idaho 78 2.33 +86%
Ohio 548 2.31 +84%
Kansas 131 2.27 +81%
Tennessee 355 2.24 +79%
Oklahoma 163 2.21 +77%
Oregon 137 2.10 +68%
Missouri 252 2.09 +67%
Nebraska 75 2.09 +67%
New Hampshire 38 2.06 +64%
Iowa 118 2.02 +61%
Nevada 93 2.00 +60%
South Carolina 178 1.98 +58%
Wisconsin 193 1.87 +50%
Michigan 338 1.86 +48%
Maine 28 1.81 +45%
Louisiana 158 1.81 +44%
North Carolina 403 1.77 +41%
Texas 1,379 1.71 +37%
Pennsylvania 396 1.67 +34%
Arizona 224 1.60 +27%
Georgia 352 1.55 +24%
Delaware 16 1.41 +13%
Minnesota 152 1.41 +12%
Hawaii 16 1.40 +11%
Virginia 237 1.39 +11%
Washington 195 1.35 +8%
Colorado 149 1.33 +7%
Illinois 298 1.30 ≈ national
Utah 101 1.21 ≈ national
Montana 14 1.03 -17%
Maryland 109 1.03 -18%
Florida 437 1.02 -18%
California 762 0.907 -28%
Connecticut 43 0.739 -41%
Massachusetts 85 0.703 -44%
New York 265 0.669 -47%
New Jersey 75 0.416 -67%
Rhode Island 5 0.399 -68%
District of Columbia – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Adalynn

Adalynn is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #184 in 2025 with 1,683 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1996, 34,210 American babies have been named Adalynn. Its peak came in 2018, when 2,815 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Adalynn stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Adalynn?

The median living Adalynn is about 7 years old; half are between 4 and 11. An estimated 34 thousand people named Adalynn are alive in the United States today.

median 7 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Adalynn year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,683 #184
2024 1,861 #163
2023 2,156 #129
2022 2,123 #132
2021 2,337 #119
2020 2,340 #116
2019 2,327 #123
2018 2,815 #108
2017 2,673 #116
2016 2,598 #124
2015 2,623 #124
2014 2,523 #129
2013 1,845 #173
2012 1,339 #240
2011 966 #328
2010 691 #446
2009 434 #669
2008 330 #850
2007 215 #1,180
2006 84 #2,267
2005 61 #2,731
2004 49 #3,128
2003 38 #3,656
2002 32 #3,978
2001 17 #6,323
2000 14 #7,158
1995 – –
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1885 – –
1880 – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Adalynn, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Adalynn?

The median living Adalynn is about 7 years old. Half of all living Adalynns are between 4 and 11 years old.

How many people named Adalynn are alive today?

An estimated 34 thousand people named Adalynn are alive in the United States, based on 34,210 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Adalynn mean?

Rare non-standard variant of Adeline with -lynn.

How popular is the name Adalynn in 2025?

Adalynn ranked #184 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,683 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Adalynn?

34,210 babies have been named Adalynn in the United States since 1996, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Adalynn most popular?

Adalynn peaked in 2018, when 2,815 newborns received the name.

Is Adalynn a boy or girl name?

Adalynn is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Adalynn rising or falling?

Adalynn has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Adalynn become more popular?

Adalynn is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,423 girls named Adalynn in 2030, which would rank around #213. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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