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Adelyn

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
3
Peak era
2010s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

variant of Adeline using the ending -lyn; noble

The story

Adelyn is an English form of Adeline using the ending -lyn. Adeline comes from Adelina, whose Germanic element adal means "noble."

The spelling appears in American birth records from the 1890s, with small numbers of girls receiving it in the early twentieth century. Much wider use came in the early twenty-first century.

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Adelyn 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

AdelynEnglish · variantAdelaideEnglishAdelaidaSpanishAliceEnglishAliciaSpanishAdelaSpanishAdeleFrench
14 more branches of this family
AlyceEnglish · variantAlisonEnglish · diminutiveAllisonEnglish · variantAlysonEnglish · variantAllieEnglish · short formAddieEnglish · short formAdaEnglish · short formAdellaEnglish · variantAdeliaEnglish · related formAdelineFrench · diminutiveAdalineEnglish · variantAdalynEnglish · variantAdalynnEnglish · variantAlineFrench · short form

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How popular is Adelyn around the world?

In the United States, 6,414 babies were named Adelyn between 2020 and 2025.

Adelyn is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.

United States

1 in 3,400

In the United States, 6,414 babies were named Adelyn between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adelyn peaked in the 2010s. Adelyn went to 1,680 US babies in 2015 and 851 in 2025, 51% of the earlier figure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 4,600 · 2017

In South Australia, 4 girls were registered as Adelyn in 2017.
The count never rose above 8 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

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Canada

1 in 4,900

In Canada, 75 girls named Adelyn were born in 2024, the 396th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2016

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)

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England and Wales

1 in 20,000

In England and Wales, 30 girls named Adelyn were born in 2025, ranked 1,110th among girls that year.

1996peak 2024

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

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Chile

1 in 36,000

In Chile, 5 girls were registered as Adelyn in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Argentina

1 in 55,000

In Argentina, 12 newborns were given the name Adelyn in 2024.

2012peak 20212024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

last on record 2022

Adelyn is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Brazil

At the 2022 census, 23 people in Brazil were named Adelyn, ranked 113,027th, with a median age of 4.

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Ireland

last on record 2024

Adelyn is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 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

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Mexico City City

last on record 2021

Adelyn is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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New Zealand

last on record 2021

Adelyn is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

2020peak 20212025

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

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Poland

last on record 2015

Adelyn is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2019

Adelyn is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 5 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Scotland

last on record 2023

Adelyn is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.
The count never rose above 6 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

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Not on the record in Spain: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

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 Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Adelyn

Most people given the name Adelyn 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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