Girls' name · since 2009
Adalen
Adalen has 44 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
44 girls have been named Adalen since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Adalen recorded 44 times among girls since 2009, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2017.
- #36,339 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalen ranks #36,339 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #36,339 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalen's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Adalen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adalen splits its recorded history at 2014: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adalen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2017
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Adalen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (39 births, 89% of the file).
2010s was Adalen's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Adalen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 39 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Adalen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2009–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Adalen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.