Fun Facts About the Name Adalyn
- More than 31 thousand babies named Adalyn: U.S. records list 31,007 babies given the name Adalyn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adalyn Mean?
Adalyn is an English feminine name usually explained as a modern variant of Adeline, meaning 'noble.' Its first element comes from the Germanic adal, meaning 'noble,' the same root found in Adelaide and Ada. The ending -lyn is an English feminine suffix common in names such as Madelyn and Carolyn; it is not a separate Germanic word with its own meaning in Adalyn. A second explanation treats Adalyn as a modern blend of Ada and Lynn, but even then the name's core meaning remains tied to the 'noble' root of Ada. The literal sense of the name is therefore 'noble'; any fuller phrase such as 'noble one' is a customary expansion rather than a separate etymology. Because Adalyn is a modern English spelling, its meaning is inferred from those elements rather than from a distinct ancient form of the name.
Adalyn Name History & Origins
The parent name Adeline came into English from French, where it was a diminutive of Adèle. Adèle goes back to the Germanic short name Adala, itself a shortened form of compound names beginning with adal 'noble,' such as Adalheidis, the ancestor of Adelaide. Adeline was used in medieval France and England. The related short form Ada comes from the same Germanic root.
Adalyn belongs to the modern English pattern of -lyn names. It is a later English spelling that replaces the -ine ending of Adeline with the familiar -lyn ending, a suffix seen in Madelyn, Jocelyn, and Carolyn. Some accounts instead derive it as a blend of Ada and Lynn, which would make it a modern compound rather than a direct variant of Adeline. Its spelling belongs to modern English rather than to Old French or Old High German. It is used in English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Adalyn?
Adalyn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2015. Its best rank was #132 in 2015.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #260 | 1,192 | 0.0742% |
| 2024 | #219 | 1,411 | 0.0875% |
| 2023 | #196 | 1,541 | 0.0962% |
| 2022 | #180 | 1,657 | 0.1011% |
| 2021 | #142 | 1,921 | 0.1172% |
| 2020 | #140 | 1,934 | 0.1197% |
| 2019 | #160 | 1,800 | 0.1073% |
| 2018 | #144 | 1,937 | 0.1139% |
| 2017 | #134 | 2,215 | 0.1283% |
| 2016 | #141 | 2,191 | 0.1237% |
| 2015 | #132 | 2,456 | 0.1376% |
| 2014 | #153 | 2,119 | 0.1186% |
| 2013 | #179 | 1,781 | 0.1015% |
| 2012 | #198 | 1,609 | 0.0914% |
| 2011 | #215 | 1,466 | 0.0834% |
| 2010 | #257 | 1,269 | 0.0714% |
| 2009 | #377 | 861 | 0.0469% |
| 2008 | #532 | 578 | 0.0306% |
| 2007 | #880 | 318 | 0.0165% |
| 2006 | #1,324 | 177 | 0.0093% |
| 2005 | #1,741 | 113 | 0.0061% |
| 2004 | #1,909 | 98 | 0.0053% |
| 2003 | #2,167 | 80 | 0.0044% |
| 2002 | #3,396 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2001 | #3,703 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2000 | #3,809 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1999 | #4,089 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1998 | #6,724 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #9,025 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #7,133 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #7,519 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #11,787 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #13,156 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #9,248 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1923 | #4,378 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1922 | #5,013 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | 0.0007% |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1917 | #3,345 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1915 | #3,135 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | 0.0012% |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | 0.0018% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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