Adelene
Feminine · “Old German "noble”
Adelene is Adeline with a different ending, and the three competing endings — -ine, -een, -ene — are worth separating because they are not interchangeable in the ear. Adeline can be said AD-uh-line or AD-uh-leen; Adelene forces the second by spelling it. The respelling is doing pronunciation work, not decoration.
How old is the name Adelene?
Adelene first appears in US birth records in 1889 — 136 years ago. The typical Adelene alive today was born around 1935, making them about 90 years old. About 600 people named Adelene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adelene most popular?
Adelene peaked in 1889, reaching #1025 nationally. Today it ranks #7133, 6,108 places below that high. See the whole 1889 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adal to Adelene
The story of Adelene
Adal- names came into English twice: once with the Normans, giving Adela and Alice, and again in the nineteenth century when German royal names were fashionable and Adelaide, Adeline and Adela all rose together. That second wave is where Adelene sits, peaking in 1889. The variety of endings in that period is real and recorded — Adaline, Adeline, Adelene, Adelina and Addilene all appear in the same decades, and they were often the same name written by different hands rather than different choices by the families.
Meaning
Old German "noble"
From the Germanic element adal, "noble", which gives Adelaide, Adela, Alice, Adelina and Ethel. Adeline is the French diminutive of Adele. The -ine, -ene and -een endings are all diminutive or feminine suffixes and none changes the meaning.
How the name formed
- adal
- Adela
- Adeline
- Adelene
Related forms: Adeline · Adelheid · Adelina · Alice
Pronouncing Adelene
AD-uh-leen
Three syllables with the stress on the first and a long EE at the end. That final vowel is the whole point of the spelling: Adeline is ambiguous between -line and -leen, and Adelene is not.
Nicknames for Adelene
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
- 1889
- Most girls named
- 192433 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1025reached in 1889
- Change vs 2023
- 0.0%15 in 2025, from 15
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.
Adelene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adeline in French — same name
- Adelheid in German — related form
- Adelina in Italian — same name
- Alice in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Adelenes among us
people named Adelene are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 107,151 born in 2025 was named Adelene
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Adelene 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
Adelene beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adelene in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The spelling resolves an ambiguity that Adeline genuinely has.
- The Germanic root is settled and connects it to Alice and Adelaide.
- Addie is a warm, established short form.
- Adeline is far more common and will be written instead.
- Adelene, Adaline, Adelyn and Addilyn are all live spellings.
- The 1880s peak makes it a revival name.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adelenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Adelene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adelene in 2025?
- Adelene ranks #7133 among US girl names in 2025, with 15 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adelene?
- About 1 in every 107,151 US girls born in 2025 was named Adelene — 15 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adelene with classmates?
- Adelene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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