Adeline
Adeline was given to 3,864 girls in 2025, #59 among girls’ names; 80,838 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 52,700 Americans named Adeline and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 9 years old and half are between 4 and 14.
Adeline came back: it left the girls’ top 1,000 after 1953 and returned in 1999.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Adeline by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Adeline mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Adeline is “a female given name from the Germanic languages.”
From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.
/ˈædəlɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Adeline?
#59 among girls’ names, 2025
Adeline rose from #135 in 2015 to #59 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 1.4 to 2.4 per 1,000.
4,126 babies in 2016, the peak
Adeline peaked in 2016, when 4,126 babies were given it (4,120 girls, #63 among girls’ names). The 3,864 births of 2025 are 94% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,864 | #59 | 2.4 |
| 2024 | 3,737 | #58 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 3,091 | #71 | 1.9 |
| 2022 | 2,825 | #92 | 1.7 |
| 2021 | 2,770 | #94 | 1.7 |
| 2020 | 2,719 | #99 | 1.7 |
| 2019 | 3,078 | #91 | 1.8 |
| 2018 | 3,491 | #78 | 2.1 |
| 2017 | 3,937 | #64 | 2.3 |
| 2016 | 4,120 | #63 | 2.3 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,413 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 2014 | 1,531 | #220 | 0.86 |
| 2013 | 1,377 | #233 | 0.78 |
| 2012 | 1,343 | #239 | 0.76 |
| 2011 | 1,103 | #288 | 0.63 |
| 2010 | 990 | #323 | 0.56 |
| 2009 | 922 | #352 | 0.50 |
| 2008 | 910 | #363 | 0.48 |
| 2007 | 840 | #389 | 0.44 |
| 2006 | 676 | #467 | 0.36 |
| 2005 | 521 | #552 | 0.28 |
| 2004 | 480 | #588 | 0.26 |
| 2003 | 403 | #658 | 0.22 |
| 2002 | 364 | #690 | 0.20 |
| 2001 | 321 | #745 | 0.18 |
| 2000 | 282 | #805 | 0.16 |
| 1999 | 228 | #923 | 0.13 |
| 1998 | 181 | #1,073 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 162 | #1,146 | 0.09 |
| 1996 | 127 | #1,335 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,479 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 99 | #1,553 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 | 0.04 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,888 | 0.04 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,830 | 0.04 |
| 1988 | 57 | #2,047 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 47 | #2,194 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,047 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,469 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 40 | #2,359 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 38 | #2,492 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 53 | #1,985 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 43 | #2,278 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,673 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 40 | #2,269 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,988 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,029 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 33 | #2,309 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 36 | #1,999 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,848 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,548 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,672 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 59 | #1,470 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 65 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 61 | #1,427 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 73 | #1,285 | 0.04 |
| 1959 | 68 | #1,298 | 0.03 |
| 1958 | 84 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 66 | #1,300 | 0.03 |
| 1956 | 92 | #1,065 | 0.05 |
| 1955 | 78 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 92 | #1,019 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 92 | #1,000 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 117 | #848 | 0.06 |
| 1951 | 104 | #881 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 112 | #824 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 128 | #762 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 134 | #729 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 150 | #687 | 0.08 |
| 1946 | 163 | #621 | 0.10 |
| 1945 | 136 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 171 | #556 | 0.13 |
| 1943 | 174 | #573 | 0.12 |
| 1942 | 172 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1941 | 189 | #505 | 0.16 |
| 1940 | 202 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 214 | #455 | 0.20 |
| 1938 | 238 | #434 | 0.22 |
| 1937 | 245 | #413 | 0.23 |
| 1936 | 264 | #391 | 0.25 |
| 1935 | 283 | #376 | 0.27 |
| 1934 | 326 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1933 | 371 | #325 | 0.37 |
| 1932 | 464 | #290 | 0.43 |
| 1931 | 490 | #281 | 0.46 |
| 1930 | 555 | #268 | 0.49 |
| 1929 | 614 | #256 | 0.55 |
| 1928 | 721 | #232 | 0.63 |
| 1927 | 806 | #223 | 0.68 |
| 1926 | 944 | #205 | 0.80 |
| 1925 | 1,022 | #199 | 0.84 |
| 1924 | 1,142 | #191 | 0.91 |
| 1923 | 1,077 | #195 | 0.89 |
| 1922 | 1,085 | #193 | 0.90 |
| 1921 | 1,246 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1920 | 1,260 | #176 | 1.1 |
| 1919 | 1,261 | #172 | 1.1 |
| 1918 | 1,301 | #169 | 1.1 |
| 1917 | 1,234 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 1916 | 1,168 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 1915 | 1,097 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 1914 | 878 | #166 | 1.2 |
| 1913 | 668 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1912 | 570 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1911 | 413 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1910 | 395 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1909 | 345 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1908 | 346 | #172 | 1.0 |
| 1907 | 315 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1906 | 264 | #188 | 0.89 |
| 1905 | 236 | #199 | 0.81 |
| 1904 | 259 | #185 | 0.94 |
| 1903 | 212 | #200 | 0.81 |
| 1902 | 240 | #188 | 0.91 |
| 1901 | 192 | #208 | 0.80 |
| 1900 | 237 | #202 | 0.79 |
| 1899 | 200 | #196 | 0.86 |
| 1898 | 213 | #201 | 0.82 |
| 1897 | 172 | #211 | 0.73 |
| 1896 | 187 | #203 | 0.79 |
| 1895 | 180 | #202 | 0.77 |
| 1894 | 174 | #201 | 0.78 |
| 1893 | 141 | #217 | 0.66 |
| 1892 | 148 | #209 | 0.70 |
| 1891 | 132 | #202 | 0.71 |
| 1890 | 150 | #195 | 0.79 |
| 1889 | 154 | #184 | 0.86 |
| 1888 | 128 | #197 | 0.72 |
| 1887 | 103 | #200 | 0.71 |
| 1886 | 85 | #214 | 0.59 |
| 1885 | 86 | #208 | 0.65 |
| 1884 | 112 | #166 | 0.87 |
| 1883 | 82 | #184 | 0.73 |
| 1882 | 70 | #197 | 0.65 |
| 1881 | 58 | #196 | 0.63 |
| 1880 | 54 | #208 | 0.59 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Adeline a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Adeline has been given almost only to girls: 26 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Adeline: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Adeline, and how old are they?
52,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 80,838 Americans ever recorded as Adeline. The median Adeline alive today is 9 years old; half are between 4 and 14.
The 2020 Census counted 35,566 people named Adeline (35,509 women and girls, 57 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 36,263 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,250 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,350 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 555 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,030 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,640 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 38,700 |
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 Adeline born?
The states with the most babies named Adeline are Texas, California and Florida, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 417 | #60 | 0.7× |
| California | 416 | #65 | 1.0× |
| Florida | 238 | #63 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 150 | #52 | 0.6× |
| New York | 145 | #100 | 1.0× |
| Georgia | 143 | #49 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 130 | #66 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 123 | #47 | 1.0× |
| Tennessee | 121 | #37 | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 119 | #70 | 1.4× |
Where Adeline is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Adeline is most over-represented in North Dakota: since 1910 it was given 2.7 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 Adeline 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 128,965 babies since 1880, Adeline is the most given (63% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,864 of their 6,686 babies (58%), again the 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 Adeline
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 Adeline and names like it
- Compare Adeline and AdalineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAdeline peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Adeline since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Adeline: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Adeline.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Adeline alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.