Girls' name · since 1899
Adelyn
Adelyn has 23,612 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #356 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,612
- born since 1899
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelyn currently ranks #356 among girls' names in America, with 23,612 babies recorded since 1899.
Adelyn has 23,612 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #356 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 2025.
- #951 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #356 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 23,612 born since 1899
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Adelyn ranks #951 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #356 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 23,612 born since 1899, peaking in the 2010s.
- #951 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #356 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,612
- born since 1899
- 2010s
- peak decade
Adelyn's 23,612 recorded births place it above 98.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Adelyn compares
23,612 Top 6% higher than 94% 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
Adelyn's all-time total is 63x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Adelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,612 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,680 | 21 | 19,840 |
Adelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Adelyn's full recorded timeline at 1986, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1899, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 1,680 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Adelyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 1,680
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Adelyn popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2014 (Adelyn as boys' name)
Adelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13,973 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Adelyn's strongest decade.
13,973 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Adelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 14
1900s
14 births
- 1910s 136
1910s
136 births
- 1920s 140
1920s
140 births
- 1930s 68
1930s
68 births
- 1940s 45
1940s
45 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s 242
1990s
242 births
- 2000s 2,529
2000s
2,529 births
- 2010s
2010s
13,973 births
- 2020s
2020s
6,414 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13,973 births (59% of all-time use).
How Adelyn 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 Adelyn's total volume
Adelyn by state
Where Adelyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 2,554 | 10.8% |
| #2 | California | | 2,202 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 962 | 4.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 938 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 927 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 918 | 3.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 886 | 3.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 830 | 3.5% |
2,554 of 23,612 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Adelyn appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Adelyn's data
- Adelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (13,973 total births) through the 2020s (6,414) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Adelyns (2,554 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 Adelyn: 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 (~126 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, 1899–2025 (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 Adelyn 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.