Fun Facts About the Name Adilynn
- More than 3 thousand babies named Adilynn: U.S. records list 3,252 babies given the name Adilynn from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adilynn Mean?
Adilynn is a modern English name that carries the meaning "noble," inherited from the Germanic element at the base of Adeline. That element is adal (also recorded as athal), an Old High German and Frankish word for "noble" or "of noble descent," from the Proto-Germanic *aþalaz. It reached English through Old French: the Frankish name Adala became Old French Adèle, whose diminutive Adelina produced the English Adeline. Adilynn keeps that stem, spelled Adi-, and adds the ending -lynn.
The -lynn element ultimately comes from the Welsh given name Lynn, from llyn, "lake." In Adilynn, however, it works mainly as a feminine ending rather than as a second meaning, which is why the name is generally glossed simply as "noble." The literal "noble" sense belongs to the Adeline portion; it is not a customary interpretation attached to the whole compound.
Adilynn Name History & Origins
Adeline was established in England after the Norman Conquest, and it descends from the same Germanic stock as Adèle, Adela, and Adelaide. The name's history in English is therefore medieval and continental, while Adilynn's own history is recent and American.
Adilynn belongs to a pattern of twentieth-century English feminine names that take a short stem and add -lyn or -lynn. Earlier examples include Evelyn, Marilyn, Carolyn, and Gwendolyn, forms that helped make the ending read as feminine and familiar. Later names such as Madilyn, Adalyn, Adalynn, and Adilyn extended the pattern to the Adeline family. Adilynn is one spelling within that group, using Adi- plus -lynn. It developed alongside those names rather than from Adeline alone, and its ending is the part that distinguishes it from the older Adeline tradition.
How Popular is the Name Adilynn?
Adilynn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2015. Its best rank was #808 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 | #2,354 | 77 | 0.0048% |
| 2024 | #1,973 | 99 | 0.0061% |
| 2023 | #1,773 | 115 | 0.0072% |
| 2022 | #1,386 | 165 | 0.0101% |
| 2021 | #1,334 | 167 | 0.0102% |
| 2020 | #1,201 | 191 | 0.0118% |
| 2019 | #1,302 | 176 | 0.0105% |
| 2018 | #1,008 | 257 | 0.0151% |
| 2017 | #971 | 270 | 0.0156% |
| 2016 | #979 | 273 | 0.0154% |
| 2015 | #808 | 348 | 0.0195% |
| 2014 | #1,134 | 221 | 0.0124% |
| 2013 | #1,235 | 195 | 0.0111% |
| 2012 | #1,359 | 172 | 0.0098% |
| 2011 | #1,541 | 142 | 0.0081% |
| 2010 | #1,897 | 106 | 0.0060% |
| 2009 | #2,064 | 99 | 0.0054% |
| 2008 | #2,994 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 | 0.0025% |
| 2006 | #5,087 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2005 | #7,144 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #8,725 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #13,882 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #8,849 | 11 | 0.0006% |
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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