Adalyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AD-a-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #741 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #260 for girls
Adalyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 741st for girls in the UK (54 babies) and 260th for girls in the US (1,192 babies).
What does Adalyn mean?
Germanic: modern spelling of Adeline
“noble”
A modern respelling of Adeline, from the Germanic element adal, 'noble'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Adalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Adalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 54 girls in the UK and 1,192 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adalyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #741among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 5,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 54 girls in the UK were named Adalyn, making it the 741st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 679th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 66 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adalyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were given Adalyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #393, up from #741 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 733rd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Adalyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #741 |
| 2024 | 48 | #826 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 66 | #628 |
| 2021 | 57 | #720 |
| 2020 | 59 | #679 |
| 2019 | 49 | #822 |
| 2018 | 45 | #889 |
| 2017 | 38 | #1,027 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
How popular is Adalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #260among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,192about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,192 girls in the US were named Adalyn, making it the 260th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 141st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 2,456 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Adalyn than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Adalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,973 girls in the US were given Adalyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #260 for this spelling alone.
Adalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,192 | #260 |
| 2024 | 1,414 | #219 |
| 2023 | 1,541 | #196 |
| 2022 | 1,658 | #180 |
| 2021 | 1,921 | #143 |
| 2020 | 1,934 | #141 |
| 2019 | 1,800 | #160 |
| 2018 | 1,938 | #144 |
| 2017 | 2,215 | #134 |
| 2016 | 2,192 | #141 |
| 2015 | 2,456 | #132 |
| 2014 | 2,120 | #153 |
| 2013 | 1,781 | #179 |
| 2012 | 1,609 | #198 |
| 2011 | 1,466 | #215 |
| 2010 | 1,269 | #257 |
| 2009 | 861 | #377 |
| 2008 | 578 | #532 |
| 2007 | 318 | #880 |
| 2006 | 177 | #1,324 |
| 2005 | 113 | #1,740 |
| 2004 | 98 | #1,908 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,164 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
Nicknames for Adalyn
- Addie 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelie Elodie Avery Aria Arabella Eden Aubrey Aurora Alina Addison Elowyn Sienna
Other spellings of Adalyn
Adelyn Adalynn Adelynn Adelyne Addelyn Addalyn Adilynn Adalyne Addalynn Adelin Adelynne
Names related to Adalyn
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adalyn, updated 20 October 2026.