Girls' name · since 1908
Adalyn
Adalyn has 31,014 recorded births since 1908 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 31,014
- born since 1908
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Adalyn is the #261 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 31,014 recorded since 1908.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalyn has been recorded 31,014 times among girls since 1908, currently ranked #261 nationally and more common than 98% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2025.
- #818 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #261 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 31,014 born since 1908
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adalyn ranks #818 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #261 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 31,014 born since 1908, peaking in the 2010s.
- #818 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 31,014
- born since 1908
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adalyn's 31,014 recorded births place it above 98.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Adalyn compares
31,014 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Adalyn's all-time total is 82x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adalyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31,014 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,456 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adalyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adalyn splits its recorded history at 2003: 99% of all births land in the more recent half, 1% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 2,456 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adalyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 2,456
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Adalyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18,846 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Adalyn's strongest decade.
18,846 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Adalyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 6
1900s
6 births
- 1910s 44
1910s
44 births
- 1920s 28
1920s
28 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 85
1990s
85 births
- 2000s 2,333
2000s
2,333 births
- 2010s
2010s
18,846 births
- 2020s
2020s
9,660 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18,846 births (61% of all-time use).
How Adalyn compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Adalyn's total volume
Adalyn by state
Where Adalyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1908
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,180 | 10.3% |
| #2 | California | | 2,421 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,435 | 4.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 1,339 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,332 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 1,312 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 1,037 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 1,034 | 3.3% |
3,180 of 31,014 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Adalyn appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adalyn's data
- Adalyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18,846 total births) through the 2020s (9,660) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adalyns (3,180 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adalyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~117 yrs)
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, 1908–2025 (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 Adalyn 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.