Adalynn
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Meaning
modern form in the Adeline and Adelina family, ultimately from Germanic adal "noble"
Goes by Ada, Addie. See all nicknames
The story
Adalynn has a piano piece in the family. Follow this modern spelling back to Adeline and you reach Ballade pour Adeline, which Paul de Senneville wrote for his newborn daughter. A young pianist was invited to audition to record it; the musician the world would know as Richard Clayderman got the job. The daughter was Adeline, and the piece honours her particular name. Adalynn is a modern spelling with the ending lynn, while Adeline leads through Adelina to the Germanic element adal, noble. The spelling changes, but that older family connection remains. For everyday use, Addie offers a shorter route through the name. There is something lovely about finding a private welcome for a new baby inside the history of a familiar melody: one name on a family’s lips, then on a piano.
Adalynn across languages
One shared root links 21 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: a Germanic family sharing adal, "noble"; Adalheidis means "noble kind," and led through Adelais and Old French Aalis to Alice
The constellation
14 more branches of this family
How popular is Adalynn around the world?
In the United States, 12,500 babies were named Adalynn between 2020 and 2025.
Adalynn is on the official records of the United States, Canada, South Australia, Scotland and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 1,700
In the United States, 12,500 babies were named Adalynn between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adalynn peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. Adalynn went to 2,623 US babies in 2015 and 1,683 in 2025, 64% of the earlier figure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 6,200
In Canada, 59 girls named Adalynn were born in 2024, the 501st most common name among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 9,2002017
In South Australia, 2 girls were registered as Adalynn in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Scotland
1 in 15,000
In Scotland, 3 girls named Adalynn were registered in 2024, the 790th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 33,000
In England and Wales, 18 girls named Adalynn were born in 2025, ranked 1,639th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
last on record 2023
Adalynn is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
New Zealand
last on record 2022
Adalynn is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Adalynn
Most people given the name Adalynn in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Adalynn deep dive
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