Adalynn — #163 US girls' name
32,506 babies named Adalynn in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.1% of names given to girls today.
63% of everyone ever named Adalynn was born in this single decade.
2,813 babies were named Adalynn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Adalynn
The Social Security Administration has registered 32,506 babies named Adalynn between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Adalynn currently holds the #163 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 2,813 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Adalynn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20,393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Adalynn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 4,126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Adalynn in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Adalynn in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 32,506 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Adalynn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Adalynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1996
- Peak year (2018)
- 2,813
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
Currently ranks #163 among girls.
32,506 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 2,813 births in a single year.
Adalynn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 20,393 births that decade — 63% of Adalynn's all-time total
Adalynn decade highlights
- Peak decade 20,393 births
- Runner-up 10,803 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Adalynn's strongest decade
20,393 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
Adalynn by state
Where Adalynn concentrates geographically — total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 4,126 | 12.7% |
| #2 | California | | 2,265 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,793 | 5.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,343 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,277 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 1,191 | 3.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 1,184 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,097 | 3.4% |
4,126 of 32,506 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.7% of nationwide
- California 7.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.5% of nationwide
- Florida 4.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 50 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Adalynn appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.