Fun Facts About the Name Adalynn
- More than 34 thousand babies named Adalynn: U.S. records list 34,189 babies given the name Adalynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adalynn Mean?
Adalynn is a modern English feminine given name usually treated as a variant of Adeline, and its established meaning is noble. The first element comes from the Germanic root adal, meaning "noble," which also appears in older names such as Adela. Adeline reached English through French as a diminutive of Adèle, itself from a short Germanic form built on adal. The ending -lynn is not part of that Germanic word; it belongs to the separate English name element Lynn, which can come from Welsh llyn, "lake," or from English place names. In Adalynn, therefore, the inherited etymological sense is "noble," while -lynn acts as a later name ending rather than adding a meaning from the old Germanic source. Some people also read Adalynn as a blend of Ada and Lynn; in that analysis the first part still means "noble," and Lynn remains a separate element.
Adalynn Name History & Origins
The older forms behind Adalynn are Adèle and Adeline. Adèle developed in French from a Germanic short name based on adal, "noble." Adeline arose in French as a diminutive of Adèle and later passed into English. The spelling Adalyn is an English variant of Adeline; Adalynn doubles the final n and uses the common feminine ending -lynn, which also appears in names such as Carolyn and Marilyn. That ending has a separate background: Lynn is an English surname and given name often derived from Welsh llyn, "lake," or from places in England named Lynn. Adalynn therefore joins an older noble-root name to a newer English name ending.
How Popular is the Name Adalynn?
Adalynn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2018. Its best rank was #108 in 2018.
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 | #184 | 1,683 | 0.1047% |
| 2024 | #163 | 1,857 | 0.1151% |
| 2023 | #129 | 2,152 | 0.1343% |
| 2022 | #133 | 2,120 | 0.1294% |
| 2021 | #119 | 2,335 | 0.1424% |
| 2020 | #116 | 2,339 | 0.1448% |
| 2019 | #123 | 2,327 | 0.1387% |
| 2018 | #108 | 2,813 | 0.1654% |
| 2017 | #116 | 2,672 | 0.1548% |
| 2016 | #124 | 2,596 | 0.1465% |
| 2015 | #124 | 2,623 | 0.1470% |
| 2014 | #129 | 2,523 | 0.1413% |
| 2013 | #173 | 1,845 | 0.1052% |
| 2012 | #241 | 1,337 | 0.0759% |
| 2011 | #328 | 966 | 0.0549% |
| 2010 | #446 | 691 | 0.0389% |
| 2009 | #669 | 434 | 0.0236% |
| 2008 | #850 | 330 | 0.0175% |
| 2007 | #1,180 | 215 | 0.0112% |
| 2006 | #2,266 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 2005 | #2,731 | 61 | 0.0033% |
| 2004 | #3,128 | 49 | 0.0027% |
| 2003 | #3,656 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2001 | #6,323 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2000 | #7,157 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1999 | #6,489 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #10,129 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #10,848 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #11,819 | 6 | 0.0003% |
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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