Adelaine
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AD-a-layn
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,986 for girls
Adelaine is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,986th for girls in the US (26 babies).
What does Adelaine mean?
Germanic: variant of Adeline, from adal 'noble'
“noble”
Is Adelaine a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelaine is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 26 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adelaine in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Adelaine, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Adelaine in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Adelaine in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,986th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 62,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 26 girls in the US were named Adelaine, making it the 4,986th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,675th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Adelaine than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Adelaine in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adelaine in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,986 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 35 | #4,112 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,675 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Nicknames for Adelaine
- Addie 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adelaine
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aoife, Elodie, Maeve, Amelie, Maeva, Esme, Aria, Arabella, Orla, Eloise, Ayra, Sienna
Names related to Adelaine
Adeline, Adaline, Adelina, Adelyn, Adelynn, Adeleine, Adalin, Adilene, Adelyne, Adelin
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, “Adelaine: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelaine, updated 20 October 2026.