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Adelina

Meaning noble Gender Girl Rank 2025 #304 Trend ↑ Rising 64%

Adelina is the Italian variant of Adeline, meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'.

Rank 2025
#304
among girls · ↑37 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,007
named Adelina · +10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,596
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,007 babies
All-time total
16,762
#1,190 all-time among girls
First recorded
1884
in Social Security records

Adelina popularity over time

16,762 babies have been named Adelina since 1884, 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
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

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 47 5 – #788
1890s 157 16 +234% #670
1900s 194 19 +24% #648
1910s 550 55 +184% #668
1920s 759 76 +38% #769
1930s 529 53 -30% #865
1940s 574 57 +9% #903
1950s 520 52 -9% #1,192
1960s 449 45 -14% #1,500
1970s 479 48 +7% #1,428
1980s 516 52 +8% #1,641
1990s 702 70 +36% #1,580
2000s 1,547 155 +120% #1,143
2010s 4,989 499 +222% #498
2020s (to 2025) 4,750 792 +59% #304

Where Adelina 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 1,092 0.68 #283
2027 1,170 0.73 #268
2028 1,240 0.77 #249
2029 1,303 0.81 #240
2030 1,360 0.85 #226

Where Adelina is most popular

Girls named Adelina per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.517 per 1,000. Strongest in New Mexico, Nevada, and Arizona.

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 Adelina 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
New Mexico 53 2.18 +322%
Nevada 77 1.66 +221%
Arizona 155 1.10 +114%
Connecticut 59 1.01 +96%
New Jersey 176 0.975 +89%
California 818 0.973 +88%
Colorado 92 0.824 +60%
Washington 115 0.796 +54%
Texas 622 0.773 +50%
New York 277 0.699 +35%
Oregon 43 0.660 +28%
Illinois 148 0.647 +25%
Massachusetts 78 0.645 +25%
Pennsylvania 143 0.605 +17%
Kansas 34 0.589 +14%
Florida 246 0.575 +11%
Michigan 97 0.533 ≈ national
Indiana 68 0.484 -6%
Rhode Island 6 0.479 -7%
North Carolina 105 0.461 -11%
Delaware 5 0.441 -15%
Hawaii 5 0.436 -16%
Wisconsin 42 0.408 -21%
Virginia 69 0.405 -22%
Oklahoma 28 0.380 -26%
South Carolina 34 0.378 -27%
Arkansas 19 0.360 -30%
Idaho 12 0.359 -31%
Iowa 20 0.342 -34%
Ohio 81 0.341 -34%
Missouri 41 0.340 -34%
Maryland 34 0.321 -38%
Louisiana 27 0.308 -40%
Nebraska 11 0.306 -41%
Tennessee 47 0.297 -43%
Utah 23 0.276 -47%
Georgia 62 0.273 -47%
New Hampshire 5 0.271 -48%
Minnesota 28 0.259 -50%
Alabama 19 0.202 -61%
Kentucky 10 0.117 -77%
Alaska – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

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 Adelina

Adelina is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #304 in 2025 with 1,007 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1884, 16,762 American babies have been named Adelina. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,007 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

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 Adelina stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Adelina?

The median living Adelina is about 10 years old; half are between 4 and 21. An estimated 14 thousand people named Adelina are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

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

Adelina year by year

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

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,007 #304
2024 912 #341
2023 793 #386
2022 778 #403
2021 701 #446
2020 559 #538
2019 584 #527
2018 567 #545
2017 619 #505
2016 627 #498
2015 570 #546
2014 587 #526
2013 453 #617
2012 397 #709
2011 298 #875
2010 287 #911
2009 211 #1,193
2008 225 #1,143
2007 215 #1,181
2006 176 #1,327
2005 147 #1,444
2004 131 #1,528
2003 121 #1,590
2002 126 #1,500
2001 96 #1,833
2000 99 #1,760
1995 82 #1,761
1990 52 #2,374
1985 47 #2,203
1980 65 #1,720
1975 44 #1,987
1970 47 #1,859
1965 55 #1,500
1960 44 #1,695
1955 49 #1,445
1950 60 #1,192
1945 61 #984
1940 55 #963
1935 56 #925
1930 65 #894
1925 86 #794
1920 78 #819
1915 61 #831
1910 29 #794
1905 14 #1,011
1900 19 #860
1895 13 #893
1890 14 #727
1885 7 #842
1880 – –

Famous people named Adelina

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Adelina Sotnikova Adelina Sotnikova Russian figure skater (born 1996) Contemporary
  2. 2 Adelina Patti Adelina Patti Italian opera singer (1843–1919) 19th century

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Adelina?

The median living Adelina is about 10 years old. Half of all living Adelinas are between 4 and 21 years old.

How many people named Adelina are alive today?

An estimated 14 thousand people named Adelina are alive in the United States, based on 16,762 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Adelina mean?

Adelina is the Italian variant of Adeline, meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'.

How popular is the name Adelina in 2025?

Adelina ranked #304 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,007 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Adelina?

16,762 babies have been named Adelina in the United States since 1884, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Adelina most popular?

Adelina peaked in 2025, when 1,007 newborns received the name.

Is Adelina a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Adelina rising or falling?

Adelina is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Adelina become more popular?

Adelina is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,360 girls named Adelina in 2030, which would rank around #226. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Adelina?

Well-known people named Adelina include Adelina Sotnikova (skater), Adelina Patti (singer).

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