girls' name ★ peaked 2016

Adeline

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #59 Trend ↑ Rising 19%

From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.

Rank 2025
#59
among girls · ↓1 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,864
named Adeline · +3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 416
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2016
4,126 babies
All-time total
80,838
#438 all-time among girls
First recorded
1880
in Social Security records

Adeline popularity over time

80,838 babies have been named Adeline since 1880, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
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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 Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s 932 – 932 93 – #166
1890s 1,697 – 1,697 170 +82% #195
1900s 2,646 – 2,646 265 +56% #172
1910s 8,985 – 8,985 899 +240% #163
1920s 9,917 15 9,932 993 +11% #176
1930s 3,450 – 3,450 345 -65% #268
1940s 1,619 – 1,619 162 -53% #474
1950s 905 – 905 91 -44% #825
1960s 532 – 532 53 -41% #1,286
1970s 348 – 348 35 -35% #1,988
1980s 493 – 493 49 +42% #1,834
1990s 1,180 – 1,180 118 +139% #925
2000s 5,719 – 5,719 572 +385% #352
2010s 23,383 11 23,394 2,339 +309% #63
2020s (to 2025) 19,006 – 19,006 3,168 +35% #58

Where Adeline 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 3,970 2.47 #57
2027 4,063 2.53 #54
2028 4,143 2.58 #51
2029 4,213 2.62 #50
2030 4,273 2.66 #49

Where Adeline is most popular

Girls named Adeline per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 2.01 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, Alaska, and Maine.

Vs national average
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All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Adeline 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
Vermont 37 7.63 +280%
Alaska 60 6.97 +247%
Maine 87 5.62 +180%
North Dakota 73 5.55 +177%
South Dakota 76 5.32 +165%
New Hampshire 90 4.87 +143%
Rhode Island 61 4.87 +143%
Montana 62 4.58 +128%
Idaho 134 4.00 +99%
West Virginia 100 3.82 +90%
Minnesota 399 3.70 +84%
Nebraska 132 3.67 +83%
Wisconsin 362 3.51 +75%
Colorado 377 3.38 +68%
Arkansas 176 3.33 +66%
Delaware 36 3.17 +58%
New Mexico 77 3.17 +58%
Oregon 206 3.16 +58%
Tennessee 489 3.09 +54%
Iowa 179 3.06 +53%
Kansas 175 3.03 +51%
Washington 438 3.03 +51%
Massachusetts 358 2.96 +47%
Oklahoma 215 2.92 +46%
Louisiana 252 2.88 +43%
Alabama 262 2.79 +39%
District of Columbia 33 2.78 +39%
Utah 228 2.74 +36%
South Carolina 244 2.71 +35%
Missouri 325 2.70 +34%
Virginia 456 2.68 +33%
Michigan 484 2.66 +32%
North Carolina 599 2.63 +31%
Hawaii 30 2.62 +30%
Arizona 360 2.57 +28%
Kentucky 217 2.54 +26%
Maryland 264 2.49 +24%
Georgia 563 2.48 +23%
Connecticut 143 2.46 +22%
Nevada 114 2.45 +22%
Indiana 344 2.45 +22%
Illinois 529 2.31 +15%
Ohio 546 2.30 +15%
California 1,854 2.21 +10%
Mississippi 102 2.18 +9%
Pennsylvania 510 2.16 +7%
Texas 1,690 2.10 +5%
Florida 803 1.88 -7%
Wyoming 7 1.64 -18%
New Jersey 289 1.60 -20%
New York 606 1.53 -24%

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 Adeline

Adeline is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #59 in 2025 with 3,864 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1880, 80,838 American babies have been named Adeline. Its peak came in 2016, when 4,126 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 Adeline stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Adeline?

The median living Adeline is about 8 years old; half are between 3 and 13. An estimated 53 thousand people named Adeline are alive in the United States today.

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

Adeline year by year

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

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 3,864 #59 – –
2024 3,737 #58 – –
2023 3,091 #71 – –
2022 2,825 #92 – –
2021 2,770 #94 – –
2020 2,719 #99 – –
2019 3,078 #91 – –
2018 3,491 #78 – –
2017 3,937 #64 – –
2016 4,120 #63 6 #10,776
2015 2,413 #135 – –
2014 1,531 #220 – –
2013 1,377 #233 5 #12,165
2012 1,343 #239 – –
2011 1,103 #288 – –
2010 990 #323 – –
2009 922 #352 – –
2008 910 #363 – –
2007 840 #389 – –
2006 676 #467 – –
2005 521 #552 – –
2004 480 #588 – –
2003 403 #658 – –
2002 364 #690 – –
2001 321 #745 – –
2000 282 #805 – –
1995 107 #1,482 – –
1990 55 #2,289 – –
1985 52 #2,048 – –
1980 43 #2,278 – –
1975 44 #1,988 – –
1970 41 #2,017 – –
1965 45 #1,672 – –
1960 73 #1,286 – –
1955 78 #1,130 – –
1950 112 #825 – –
1945 136 #623 – –
1940 202 #474 – –
1935 283 #376 – –
1930 555 #268 – –
1925 1,022 #199 – –
1920 1,260 #176 – –
1915 1,097 #167 – –
1910 395 #172 – –
1905 236 #199 – –
1900 237 #202 – –
1895 180 #202 – –
1890 150 #195 – –
1885 86 #208 – –
1880 54 #208 – –

Frequently asked questions

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

How old is the average Adeline?

The median living Adeline is about 8 years old. Half of all living Adelines are between 3 and 13 years old.

How many people named Adeline are alive today?

An estimated 53 thousand people named Adeline are alive in the United States, based on 80,838 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Adeline mean?

From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.

How popular is the name Adeline in 2025?

Adeline ranked #59 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 3,864 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Adeline?

80,838 babies have been named Adeline in the United States since 1880, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Adeline most popular?

Adeline peaked in 2016, when 4,126 newborns received the name.

Is Adeline a boy or girl name?

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

Is the name Adeline rising or falling?

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

Will Adeline become more popular?

Adeline is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 4,273 girls named Adeline in 2030, which would rank around #49. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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