Adelyn
#355 for girls in 2025, 851 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #10,717
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2016 · 1,672 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,612since 1899
Adelyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Adelyn has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #355 | 851 | — | |
| 2024 | #314 | 978 | — | |
| 2023 | #320 | 974 | — | |
| 2022 | #287 | 1,102 | — | |
| 2021 | #246 | 1,248 | — | |
| 2020 | #238 | 1,261 | — | |
| 2019 | #247 | 1,295 | — | |
| 2018 | #227 | 1,384 | — | |
| 2017 | #204 | 1,519 | — | |
| 2016 | #194 | 1,672 | — | |
| 2015 | #196 | 1,680 | — | |
| 2014 | #198 | 1,674 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #212 | 1,506 | — | |
| 2012 | #236 | 1,351 | — | |
| 2011 | #299 | 1,057 | — | |
| 2010 | #380 | 835 | — | |
| 2009 | #408 | 778 | — | |
| 2008 | #589 | 527 | — | |
| 2007 | #847 | 335 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,045 | 245 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,273 | 176 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,470 | 137 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,526 | 127 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,142 | 78 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,126 | 77 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,903 | 49 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,573 | 33 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,671 | 21 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #2,439 | 12 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | — | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,805 | 21 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,672 | 20 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
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| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Adelyn! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Adelyn is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#109 · 1 in 358
- Nebraska#109 · 1 in 405
- Oregon#118 · 1 in 490
- Minnesota#127 · 1 in 558
- Montana#130 · 1 in 403
Best ever in a state: #71 in Maine, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #109 | 20 | 1 in 405 |
| New Hampshire | #109 | 10 | 1 in 358 |
| Oregon | #118 | 31 | 1 in 490 |
| Minnesota | #127 | 44 | 1 in 558 |
| Montana | #130 | 7 | 1 in 403 |
| Oklahoma | #130 | 30 | 1 in 560 |
| North Carolina | #138 | 73 | 1 in 621 |
| Missouri | #143 | 43 | 1 in 631 |
| Pennsylvania | #146 | 77 | 1 in 673 |
| West Virginia | #148 | 12 | 1 in 509 |
| Wisconsin | #148 | 37 | 1 in 630 |
| Kentucky | #152 | 28 | 1 in 652 |
| Iowa | #153 | 23 | 1 in 565 |
| Idaho | #155 | 12 | 1 in 536 |
| Indiana | #156 | 45 | 1 in 673 |
| Kansas | #158 | 20 | 1 in 630 |
| Ohio | #169 | 68 | 1 in 766 |
| Washington | #174 | 42 | 1 in 765 |
| South Carolina | #175 | 26 | 1 in 687 |
| Tennessee | #176 | 42 | 1 in 739 |
| North Dakota | #182 | 6 | 1 in 553 |
| Rhode Island | #182 | 5 | 1 in 571 |
| Utah | #182 | 25 | 1 in 722 |
| Arkansas | #186 | 16 | 1 in 705 |
| Texas | #186 | 178 | 1 in 940 |
| Nevada | #187 | 15 | 1 in 744 |
| Illinois | #188 | 66 | 1 in 873 |
| Virginia | #189 | 44 | 1 in 844 |
| Connecticut | #190 | 17 | 1 in 725 |
| Georgia | #195 | 56 | 1 in 858 |
| Louisiana | #196 | 28 | 1 in 750 |
| Massachusetts | #198 | 29 | 1 in 879 |
| Colorado | #204 | 27 | 1 in 873 |
| Michigan | #213 | 44 | 1 in 956 |
| South Dakota | #216 | 5 | 1 in 618 |
| Arizona | #223 | 32 | 1 in 967 |
| Alabama | #241 | 20 | 1 in 969 |
| New York | #244 | 77 | 1 in 1,167 |
| California | #248 | 160 | 1 in 1,273 |
| New Mexico | #268 | 7 | 1 in 905 |
| Maryland | #269 | 22 | 1 in 1,093 |
| Florida | #279 | 65 | 1 in 1,334 |
| Mississippi | #303 | 10 | 1 in 1,109 |
| New Jersey | #571 | 13 | 1 in 2,814 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Adelyn
- 41 spots since 2024 (#314 → #355)
- 117 spots since 2020 (#238 → #355)
- 159 spots since 2015 (#196 → #355)
- Biggest jump: 258 spots in 2008 (#847 → #589)
- Biggest drop: 41 spots in 2022 (#246 → #287)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 2016 at #194 (1,672 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2007–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,060 girls born in 2016 were named Adelyn (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,889 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
- 59.2% of all girls named Adelyn (13,973) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,596 (1899) | #1,596 |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,714 |
| 1910s | 136 | #1,533 (1916) | #1,917 |
| 1920s | 140 | #1,927 (1921) | #2,545 |
| 1930s | 68 | #2,439 (1935) | #3,189 |
| 1940s | 45 | #3,208 (1940) | #4,045 |
| 1950s | 5 | #5,828 (1955) | #5,828 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 41 | #7,749 (1986) | #9,184 |
| 1990s | 242 | #2,695 (1990) | #4,516 |
| 2000s | 2,529 | #408 (2009) | #1,433 |
| 2010s | 13,973 | #194 (2016) | #239 |
| 2020s | 6,414 | #238 (2020) | #293 |
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.
Adelyn in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 1,060 of them was named Adelyn, which outranked 99.0% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.