Adeline
- #59 for girls in 2025, 3,864 births
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 3,737 births
- Debut · girls
- 54 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 80,812since 1880
Adeline over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #59 | 3,864 | — | |
| 2024 | #58 | 3,737 | — | |
| 2023 | #71 | 3,091 | — | |
| 2022 | #92 | 2,825 | — | |
| 2021 | #94 | 2,770 | — | |
| 2020 | #99 | 2,719 | — | |
| 2019 | #91 | 3,078 | — | |
| 2018 | #78 | 3,491 | — | |
| 2017 | #64 | 3,937 | — | |
| 2016 | #63 | 4,120 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #135 | 2,413 | — | |
| 2014 | #220 | 1,531 | — | |
| 2013 | #233 | 1,377 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #239 | 1,343 | — | |
| 2011 | #288 | 1,103 | — | |
| 2010 | #323 | 990 | — | |
| 2009 | #352 | 922 | — | |
| 2008 | #363 | 910 | — | |
| 2007 | #389 | 840 | — | |
| 2006 | #467 | 676 | — | |
| 2005 | #552 | 521 | — | |
| 2004 | #588 | 480 | — | |
| 2003 | #658 | 403 | — | |
| 2002 | #690 | 364 | — | |
| 2001 | #745 | 321 | — | |
| 2000 | #805 | 282 | — | |
| 1999 | #925 | 228 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,074 | 181 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,148 | 162 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,337 | 127 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,482 | 107 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,557 | 99 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,865 | 76 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,894 | 74 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,999 | 36 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,548 | 52 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,470 | 59 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,428 | 61 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,286 | 73 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,299 | 68 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,157 | 84 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,130 | 78 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 92 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,001 | 92 | — | |
| 1952 | #849 | 117 | — | |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 | — | |
| 1950 | #824 | 112 | — | |
| 1949 | #763 | 128 | — | |
| 1948 | #730 | 134 | — | |
| 1947 | #687 | 150 | — | |
| 1946 | #621 | 163 | — | |
| 1945 | #623 | 136 | — | |
| 1944 | #556 | 171 | — | |
| 1943 | #573 | 174 | — | |
| 1942 | #563 | 172 | — | |
| 1941 | #505 | 189 | — | |
| 1940 | #474 | 202 | — | |
| 1939 | #455 | 214 | — | |
| 1938 | #434 | 238 | — | |
| 1937 | #413 | 245 | — | |
| 1936 | #391 | 264 | — | |
| 1935 | #376 | 283 | — | |
| 1934 | #348 | 326 | — | |
| 1933 | #325 | 371 | — | |
| 1932 | #290 | 464 | — | |
| 1931 | #281 | 490 | — | |
| 1930 | #268 | 555 | — | |
| 1929 | #256 | 614 | — | |
| 1928 | #232 | 721 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #223 | 806 | — | |
| 1926 | #205 | 944 | — | |
| 1925 | #199 | 1,022 | — | |
| 1924 | #191 | 1,142 | — | |
| 1923 | #195 | 1,077 | — | |
| 1922 | #193 | 1,085 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #177 | 1,246 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #176 | 1,260 | — | |
| 1919 | #172 | 1,261 | — | |
| 1918 | #169 | 1,301 | — | |
| 1917 | #163 | 1,234 | — | |
| 1916 | #166 | 1,168 | — | |
| 1915 | #167 | 1,097 | — | |
| 1914 | #166 | 878 | — | |
| 1913 | #173 | 668 | — | |
| 1912 | #172 | 570 | — | |
| 1911 | #176 | 413 | — | |
| 1910 | #172 | 395 | — | |
| 1909 | #173 | 345 | — | |
| 1908 | #172 | 346 | — | |
| 1907 | #177 | 315 | — | |
| 1906 | #188 | 264 | — | |
| 1905 | #199 | 236 | — | |
| 1904 | #185 | 259 | — | |
| 1903 | #200 | 212 | — | |
| 1902 | #188 | 240 | — | |
| 1901 | #208 | 192 | — | |
| 1900 | #202 | 237 | — | |
| 1899 | #196 | 200 | — | |
| 1898 | #201 | 213 | — | |
| 1897 | #211 | 172 | — | |
| 1896 | #203 | 187 | — | |
| 1895 | #202 | 180 | — | |
| 1894 | #201 | 174 | — | |
| 1893 | #217 | 141 | — | |
| 1892 | #209 | 148 | — | |
| 1891 | #202 | 132 | — | |
| 1890 | #195 | 150 | — | |
| 1889 | #184 | 154 | — | |
| 1888 | #197 | 128 | — | |
| 1887 | #200 | 103 | — | |
| 1886 | #214 | 85 | — | |
| 1885 | #208 | 86 | — | |
| 1884 | #166 | 112 | — | |
| 1883 | #184 | 82 | — | |
| 1882 | #197 | 70 | — | |
| 1881 | #196 | 58 | — | |
| 1880 | #208 | 54 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adeline was already there! It came in at #208, and was given to 54 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 33 girls a year got the name.
Where Adeline is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Alaska#29 · 1 in 127
- Vermont#30 · 1 in 89
- North Dakota#33 · 1 in 150
- Tennessee#37 · 1 in 265
- South Dakota#38 · 1 in 170
Best ever in a state: #12 in Alaska, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #29 | 13 | 1 in 127 |
| Vermont | #30 | 11 | 1 in 89 |
| North Dakota | #33 | 18 | 1 in 150 |
| Tennessee | #37 | 121 | 1 in 265 |
| South Dakota | #38 | 18 | 1 in 170 |
| Minnesota | #39 | 89 | 1 in 241 |
| Montana | #40 | 16 | 1 in 177 |
| Rhode Island | #40 | 16 | 1 in 153 |
| Idaho | #41 | 35 | 1 in 205 |
| Arkansas | #43 | 44 | 1 in 241 |
| Washington | #44 | 108 | 1 in 267 |
| Wisconsin | #44 | 81 | 1 in 250 |
| Wyoming | #45 | 7 | 1 in 116 |
| Colorado | #46 | 89 | 1 in 262 |
| Kentucky | #47 | 67 | 1 in 257 |
| Michigan | #47 | 123 | 1 in 290 |
| Georgia | #49 | 143 | 1 in 316 |
| Virginia | #49 | 111 | 1 in 304 |
| West Virginia | #50 | 24 | 1 in 211 |
| Oklahoma | #51 | 52 | 1 in 284 |
| North Carolina | #52 | 150 | 1 in 310 |
| Missouri | #53 | 80 | 1 in 304 |
| Nebraska | #53 | 29 | 1 in 245 |
| Delaware | #55 | 12 | 1 in 188 |
| New Hampshire | #57 | 18 | 1 in 211 |
| Arizona | #59 | 83 | 1 in 340 |
| Texas | #60 | 417 | 1 in 385 |
| Oregon | #61 | 45 | 1 in 290 |
| Florida | #63 | 238 | 1 in 365 |
| Indiana | #64 | 86 | 1 in 325 |
| Alabama | #65 | 56 | 1 in 327 |
| California | #65 | 416 | 1 in 389 |
| Kansas | #65 | 39 | 1 in 303 |
| Maryland | #65 | 55 | 1 in 363 |
| Massachusetts | #65 | 79 | 1 in 304 |
| South Carolina | #65 | 56 | 1 in 327 |
| Ohio | #66 | 130 | 1 in 364 |
| Louisiana | #68 | 50 | 1 in 327 |
| Nevada | #69 | 29 | 1 in 317 |
| New Mexico | #69 | 17 | 1 in 275 |
| Illinois | #70 | 119 | 1 in 373 |
| Maine | #73 | 13 | 1 in 240 |
| Iowa | #74 | 37 | 1 in 318 |
| Connecticut | #79 | 32 | 1 in 359 |
| Utah | #89 | 47 | 1 in 363 |
| Hawaii | #92 | 8 | 1 in 268 |
| Pennsylvania | #97 | 99 | 1 in 472 |
| New York | #100 | 145 | 1 in 540 |
| District of Columbia | #109 | 7 | 1 in 288 |
| New Jersey | #113 | 66 | 1 in 538 |
| Mississippi | #114 | 20 | 1 in 445 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Adeline
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 1 spot since 2024 (#58 → #59)
- 40 spots since 2020 (#99 → #59)
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1999
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1953
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #58 (3,737 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 416
- Highest: 1 in 416 girls born in 2025 were named Adeline (0.24%)
- Its best rank, #58 in 2024, was only 1 in 434 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 28.9% of all girls named Adeline (23,383) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #163 (1917) → #3,095 (1976) → #58 (2024)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 932 | #166 (1884) | #195 |
| 1890s | 1,697 | #195 (1890) | #204 |
| 1900s | 2,646 | #172 (1908) | #189 |
| 1910s | 8,985 | #163 (1917) | #170 |
| 1920s | 9,917 | #176 (1920) | #205 |
| 1930s | 3,450 | #268 (1930) | #358 |
| 1940s | 1,619 | #474 (1940) | #610 |
| 1950s | 905 | #824 (1950) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 532 | #1,286 (1960) | #1,612 |
| 1970s | 348 | #1,986 (1975) | #2,381 |
| 1980s | 493 | #1,834 (1989) | #2,178 |
| 1990s | 1,180 | #925 (1999) | #1,552 |
| 2000s | 5,719 | #352 (2009) | #561 |
| 2010s | 23,383 | #63 (2016) | #173 |
| 2020s | 19,006 | #58 (2024) | #79 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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