Girls' name · since 1998
Adeleine
445 babies named Adeleine in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6309
- among girls today
- 445
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 64%
- more common than other girls
Adeleine currently ranks #6309 among girls' names in America, with 445 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adeleine has been recorded 445 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #6309 nationally and more common than 64% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #6309 among girls today
- 445 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
- 64% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Adeleine is currently the #6309 girls' name in America, more common than 64% of girls - 445 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6309
- among girls today
- 445
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 64%
- more common than other girls
Adeleine vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Adeleine was born in this single decade.
36 babies were named Adeleine in 2019 - its busiest year on record.
How Adeleine compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,726 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
Adeleine's all-time total is 16% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adeleine | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 48 | 19,840 |
Adeleine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Adeleine splits its recorded history at 2013: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Adeleine at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Adeleine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #6309 among girls.
445 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 36 births in a single year.
Adeleine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Adeleine's strongest decade.
235 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Adeleine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 81
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
235 births
- 2020s
2020s
124 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 235 births (53% of all-time use).
Adeleine decade highlights
- Peak decade 235 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Adeleine by state
Where Adeleine concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 25 | 5.6% |
| #2 | California | | 13 | 2.9% |
25 of 445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- California 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Adeleine's data
- Adeleine's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (235 total births) through the 2020s (124) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adeleines (25 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Adeleine: #6309 Girls' Name - 445 Births, Peak 2019." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/adeleine. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Adeleine 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 June 2026.
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