Adalind
Feminine · “noble and gentle”
Adalind joins the Germanic adal, noble, to lind — a word that named the lime tree, then the shields made from it, then gentleness.
How old is the name Adalind?
Adalind first appears in US birth records in 2013 — 12 years ago. The typical Adalind is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Adalind are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adalind most popular?
Adalind peaked in 2016, reaching #1719 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, 2,633 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
Where it comes from
From adal lind to Adalind
The story of Adalind
Lind is a word with an unusually traceable journey: the lime tree gave its wood to shield-making, the shields were called by the tree's name, and because the wood is soft the word came to mean gentle — so a Germanic name ending in -lind carries a tree, a weapon and a temperament at once. Adalind is a genuine medieval German name and appears in American records recently through fantasy fiction.
Meaning
noble and gentle
From Germanic adal, noble, and lind, which named the lime or linden tree and the soft shields made of its wood, and came to mean gentle. Both elements are among the most productive in Germanic naming.
How the name formed
- adal lind
- Adalind
Related forms: Adelinde · Adeline · Adelheid
Pronouncing Adalind
AD-uh-lind
Three syllables, first stressed. German gives four.
Nicknames for Adalind
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2013
- Most girls named
- 2016123 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1719reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- −11.1%32 in 2025, from 36
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Adalind in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adelinde in German — same name
- Adeline in English — related form
- Adelheid in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Pennsylvania.
Adalinds among us
people named Adalind are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Adalind
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Karrington test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adalind's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Karrington climbed just as high around 1999, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Karrington's path sketches the road Adalind is walking now.
Adalind sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Adalind is headed
Adalind is easing off slowly — about 25% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Adalind beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adalind in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Germanic meaning with both elements clearly attested.
- Ada and Lindy are both complete names in their own right.
- A genuinely interesting journey behind the second element.
- A television series is the strongest modern association for many.
- Adaline and Adalyn are both close and far more common.
- Seven letters and three syllables is a fair amount for early handwriting.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adalinds are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Adalind are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adalind in 2025?
- Adalind ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adalind?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Adalind — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adalind with classmates?
- Adalind will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Adalind
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