Adaline
Adaline was given to 1,446 girls in 2025, #208 among girls’ names; 18,766 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 16,800 Americans named Adaline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 7 years old and half are between 3 and 10.
Adaline came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1924 and returned in 2015.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adaline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adaline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adaline is “a female given name from the Germanic languages.”
A variant of Adeline.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adaline?
#208 among girls’ names, 2025
Adaline rose from #365 in 2015 to #208 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.51 to 0.90 per 1,000.
1,882 babies in 2016, the peak
Adaline peaked in 2016, when 1,882 girls were given it, #172 among girls’ names. The 1,446 births of 2025 are 77% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,446 | #208 | 0.90 |
| 2024 | 1,567 | #194 | 1.0 |
| 2023 | 1,587 | #192 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | 1,246 | #245 | 0.76 |
| 2021 | 1,103 | #288 | 0.67 |
| 2020 | 1,112 | #287 | 0.69 |
| 2019 | 1,165 | #284 | 0.69 |
| 2018 | 1,369 | #234 | 0.80 |
| 2017 | 1,678 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 1,882 | #172 | 1.1 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 904 | #365 | 0.51 |
| 2014 | 166 | #1,387 | 0.09 |
| 2013 | 152 | #1,466 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 139 | #1,566 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 132 | #1,633 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,603 | 0.08 |
| 2009 | 105 | #1,979 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 98 | #2,078 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,214 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,538 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,862 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,030 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,106 | 0.02 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,807 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,546 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,449 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,085 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,072 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,866 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,514 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,314 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,492 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,061 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,581 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,197 | under 0.01 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,680 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,109 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,776 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,749 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,305 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,397 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,518 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,130 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,013 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,426 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,330 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,617 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,016 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,625 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 | under 0.01 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,515 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,539 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 | under 0.01 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,184 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,104 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,322 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,714 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 | under 0.01 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,883 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,296 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,388 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,380 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,557 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,816 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,445 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 25 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,548 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 31 | #1,369 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 36 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,133 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,020 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 67 | #929 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 59 | #966 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 74 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 67 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 71 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 66 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 85 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1917 | 66 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 63 | #856 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 73 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1914 | 67 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 36 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 32 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 25 | #853 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 25 | #859 | 0.06 |
| 1909 | 26 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 22 | #829 | 0.07 |
| 1907 | 32 | #666 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 23 | #765 | 0.08 |
| 1905 | 26 | #699 | 0.09 |
| 1904 | 26 | #682 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 21 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 25 | #630 | 0.10 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1899 | 21 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 26 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1897 | 19 | #715 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 23 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1895 | 17 | #770 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 18 | #697 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 30 | #500 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 21 | #616 | 0.10 |
| 1891 | 15 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1890 | 18 | #617 | 0.09 |
| 1889 | 16 | #641 | 0.09 |
| 1888 | 16 | #636 | 0.09 |
| 1887 | 22 | #471 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 19 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1885 | 19 | #484 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 20 | #449 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 11 | #580 | 0.10 |
| 1882 | 16 | #458 | 0.15 |
| 1881 | 18 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1880 | 23 | #333 | 0.25 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Adaline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adaline has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 137 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Adaline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adaline, and how old are they?
16,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 18,766 Americans ever recorded as Adaline. The median Adaline alive today is 7 years old; half are between 3 and 10.
The 2020 Census counted 8,168 people named Adaline (8,156 women and girls, 12 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,122 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 70 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 133 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 55 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 135 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,070 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 15,300 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Adaline born?
The states with the most babies named Adaline are Texas, California and Florida, with 30% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 185 | #178 | 0.9× |
| California | 166 | #201 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 78 | #244 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 56 | #199 | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 55 | #179 | 0.7× |
| North Carolina | 49 | #221 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 48 | #183 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 47 | #224 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 46 | #175 | 0.9× |
| Indiana | 39 | #175 | 1.0× |
Where Adaline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adaline is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Adaline with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 128,969 babies since 1880, Adaline is the second most given (15% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,446 of their 6,720 babies (22%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Adaline
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Adaline and names like it
- Compare Adaline and AdelineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAdaline peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adaline since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Adaline: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Adaline.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Adaline alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.