Adalyne
Feminine · “noble”
Adalyne joins Adeline to a -lyne ending, and the Germanic adal behind it means noble.
How old is the name Adalyne?
Adalyne first appears in US birth records in 1924 — 101 years ago. The typical Adalyne is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,000 people named Adalyne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adalyne most popular?
Adalyne peaked in 2016, reaching #2068 nationally. Today it ranks #2485, 417 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adal to Adalyne
The story of Adalyne
Adal produced a very large family of Germanic names, and the -lyn ending became productive in American naming in the twentieth century. Adalyne, Adalyn, Adalynn and Addelyn all appear from the 2000s and are said identically. Adalyne is in current use.
Meaning
noble
The Ada- front is from the Germanic adal, 'noble', which stands behind Adelaide, Adeline, Alice and Ethel. The -lyne ending descends from Lynn, from the Welsh llyn, 'lake'. The noble element is undisputed; the compound is modern American.
How the name formed
- adal
- Adeline
- Adalyne
Related forms: Adalyn · Adalynn · Adeline
Pronouncing Adalyne
AD-uh-lin
Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.
Nicknames for Adalyne
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
- 1924
- Most girls named
- 201695 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2068reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- +16.4%71 in 2025, from 61
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.
Adalyne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adalyn in English — spelling variant
- Adalynn in English — spelling variant
- Adeline in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Adalynes among us
people named Adalyne are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 22,638 born in 2025 was named Adalyne
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Adalyne
- #2485
- Adalyne on the 2025 chart
- #210
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Adalyne went to 71 girls in 2025, but Adaline, Adalynne and Addaline are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 1,575, which makes it the 210th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,275 places above the chart.
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 1,020 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 22,638 for Adalyne itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Steffani test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adalyne's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Steffani climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Steffani's path sketches the road Adalyne is walking now.
Adalyne 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 Adalyne is headed
Adalyne should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. 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.
Adalyne beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adalyne in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The noble element is genuine and stands behind a large family of names.
- Addie and Lyn are two short forms, both with real records.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- At least six spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- Adalyn and Adalynn are both commoner.
- It will be respelled by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adalynes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,000 people named Adalyne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Adalyne?
- Adalyne is one of 4 recorded spellings. Adaline is the more common one — 1,446 births in 2025 against 71 for Adalyne.
- How popular is the name Adalyne in 2025?
- Adalyne ranks #2485 among US girl names in 2025, with 71 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adalyne?
- About 1 in every 22,638 US girls born in 2025 was named Adalyne — 71 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adalyne with classmates?
- Adalyne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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