Fun Facts About the Name Adelene
- More than 1 thousand babies named Adelene: U.S. records list 1,258 babies given the name Adelene from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adelene Mean?
Adelene is usually treated as a variant of Adeline, a French feminine name formed from Adèle with the diminutive ending -ine. Adèle comes from the Germanic element adal, meaning "noble," so the core sense of Adelene is "noble." The longer Germanic name Adelheid, ancestor of Adelaide, joins adal to heit, "kind, sort, nature," and this is the source of the familiar extended gloss "noble kind." Adelene is usually explained with the Adeline/Adèle meaning, while the -ene spelling is an English variant of the more common -ine ending.
Adelene Name History & Origins
Adelene shares its history with the Adeline family. The Germanic element adal appears in medieval names such as Adela, Adelheid, and Adelaide. Adela was borne by noble women in the Frankish and Norman worlds, including Adela of Normandy, daughter of William the Conqueror and mother of King Stephen of England. The French form Adèle developed from this Germanic stock, and the diminutive Adeline became an independent given name in French. English use includes Adeline and related spellings such as Adaline, Adalyn, and Adelene. The spelling Adelene uses the same root with the feminine ending -ene; it is best understood as a spelling variant within the Adeline tradition.
How Popular is the Name Adelene?
Adelene 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 1919. Its best rank was #1,025 in 1889.
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 | #7,142 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #7,568 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #7,246 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #4,905 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #7,217 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #9,116 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #7,407 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #5,049 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2016 | #4,737 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2015 | #4,403 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2014 | #6,718 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #5,836 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #9,117 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2011 | #6,338 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #8,706 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #9,390 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #10,094 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #7,396 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #11,432 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #9,461 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #12,777 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2003 | #9,679 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #8,846 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #8,205 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #12,704 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #11,151 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #9,811 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #9,587 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #8,774 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #13,448 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #7,497 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #10,420 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #9,017 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1959 | #6,247 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1958 | #6,107 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1956 | #5,953 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #5,675 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #3,554 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1950 | #4,317 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #4,236 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,886 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #4,008 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1944 | #4,056 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #3,956 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1937 | #2,941 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #3,105 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | 0.0018% |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | 0.0017% |
| 1929 | #1,598 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1928 | #1,637 | 25 | 0.0022% |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 | 0.0024% |
| 1926 | #1,484 | 30 | 0.0025% |
| 1925 | #1,444 | 32 | 0.0026% |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 | 0.0026% |
| 1923 | #1,673 | 25 | 0.0021% |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | 0.0023% |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | 0.0025% |
| 1920 | #1,439 | 31 | 0.0026% |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | 0.0033% |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 | 0.0021% |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | 0.0016% |
| 1916 | #1,332 | 30 | 0.0029% |
| 1915 | #2,143 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1914 | #1,741 | 15 | 0.0020% |
| 1913 | #1,229 | 21 | 0.0034% |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | 0.0016% |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | 0.0022% |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | 0.0018% |
| 1909 | #1,957 | 6 | 0.0017% |
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | 0.0021% |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | 0.0031% |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | 0.0027% |
| 1905 | #1,539 | 7 | 0.0024% |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | 0.0033% |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | 0.0026% |
| 1894 | #1,488 | 5 | 0.0022% |
| 1893 | #1,438 | 5 | 0.0023% |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | 0.0039% |
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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