Adelyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AD-e-lin
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,051 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #355 for girls
Adelyn is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 1,051st for girls in the UK (34 babies) and 355th for girls in the US (851 babies).
What does Adelyn mean?
Germanic: modern spelling of Adeline
“noble”
A modern respelling of Adeline, from the Germanic element adal, 'noble'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Adelyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Adelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the UK and 851 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adelyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,051among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were named Adelyn, making it the 1,051st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 38 girls.
Half of all the girls named Adelyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 girls in the UK were given Adelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #393, up from #1,051 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Adelyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #1,051 |
| 2024 | 36 | #1,020 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 25 | #1,368 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 38 | #1,027 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Adelyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #355among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 851about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 851 girls in the US were named Adelyn, making it the 355th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 238th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 1,680 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.
2025 had fewer girls named Adelyn than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Adelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,973 girls in the US were given Adelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #52, up from #355 for this spelling alone.
Adelyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 851 | #355 |
| 2024 | 978 | #314 |
| 2023 | 974 | #320 |
| 2022 | 1,102 | #287 |
| 2021 | 1,248 | #246 |
| 2020 | 1,261 | #238 |
| 2019 | 1,295 | #247 |
| 2018 | 1,384 | #227 |
| 2017 | 1,519 | #204 |
| 2016 | 1,672 | #194 |
| 2015 | 1,680 | #196 |
| 2014 | 1,674 | #198 |
| 2013 | 1,506 | #212 |
| 2012 | 1,351 | #236 |
| 2011 | 1,057 | #299 |
| 2010 | 835 | #380 |
| 2009 | 778 | #408 |
| 2008 | 527 | #589 |
| 2007 | 335 | #847 |
| 2006 | 245 | #1,045 |
| 2005 | 176 | #1,273 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,469 |
| 2003 | 127 | #1,525 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,139 |
| 2001 | 77 | #2,122 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 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 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,216 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 14 | #2,473 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,377 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,972 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,847 |
| 1916 | 24 | #1,533 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
Nicknames for Adelyn
- Addie 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Adelyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amelie Elodie Avery Aurora Arabella Aria Aubrey Alina Athena Addison Amelia Eden
Other spellings of Adelyn
Adalyn Adalynn Adelynn Adelyne Addelyn Addalyn Adilynn Adalyne Addalynn Adelin Adelynne
Names related to Adelyn
More Germanic names
Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice
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, “Adelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adelyn, updated 20 October 2026.