Fun Facts About the Name Addalyn
- More than 3 thousand babies named Addalyn: U.S. records list 3,086 babies given the name Addalyn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Addalyn Mean?
Addalyn is a modern English spelling of Adalyn, a form of Adeline, and its established meaning is "noble." The word behind it is the Germanic element adal, meaning "noble." The fuller source name is Old High German Adalheidis, a compound of adal ("noble") and heid ("kind, sort, type"), so the literal sense is "of noble kind" or "of noble type." Adeline is usually explained as a diminutive of Adèle, a short form taken from that same adal root.
The -lyn ending is an English spelling element, not part of the Germanic word, so it does not change the meaning. The same is true of the doubled d in Addalyn: it is a spelling variation alongside Adalyn rather than a separate etymology.
Addalyn Name History & Origins
The Germanic root adal ("noble") formed a large family of medieval names. Adalheidis traveled through medieval Europe, becoming French Adélaïde, German Adelheid, and English Adelaide. Its shortened and diminutive forms produced French Adèle and Adeline, and both Adèle and Adeline were used in France and England.
Adalyn and its spelling variants belong to a later English layer of naming, in which a -lyn syllable is added to a base name, as in Madelyn and Carolyn. Addalyn is one of several spellings of that form, alongside Adalyn and Adalynn. The doubled d is a modern written variant of the same name rather than a development from a different source.
How Popular is the Name Addalyn?
Addalyn has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2015. Its best rank was #1,026 in 2016.
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 | #2,194 | 84 | 0.0052% |
| 2024 | #1,906 | 104 | 0.0064% |
| 2023 | #1,735 | 118 | 0.0074% |
| 2022 | #1,547 | 138 | 0.0084% |
| 2021 | #1,354 | 163 | 0.0099% |
| 2020 | #1,246 | 182 | 0.0113% |
| 2019 | #1,319 | 173 | 0.0103% |
| 2018 | #1,122 | 218 | 0.0128% |
| 2017 | #1,058 | 242 | 0.0140% |
| 2016 | #1,026 | 258 | 0.0146% |
| 2015 | #1,030 | 259 | 0.0145% |
| 2014 | #1,154 | 215 | 0.0120% |
| 2013 | #1,152 | 208 | 0.0119% |
| 2012 | #1,340 | 175 | 0.0099% |
| 2011 | #1,382 | 165 | 0.0094% |
| 2010 | #1,751 | 118 | 0.0066% |
| 2009 | #2,103 | 96 | 0.0052% |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2007 | #3,331 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 2006 | #5,711 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #8,887 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #16,135 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #12,428 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #15,379 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,150 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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