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.
- #12,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adeleine currently ranks #10480 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 #10480 nationally and more common than 39% 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.
- #12,687 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,480 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 445 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adeleine ranks #12,687 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,480 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 445 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,480 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 445
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adeleine's 445 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Adeleine compares
445 Top 47% higher than 53% 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
Adeleine's all-time total is 18% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adeleine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 445 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 21 | 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 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
Adeleine by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (235 births, 53% of the file).
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 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.
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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
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Adeleine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 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 August 2026.