Adelin
Feminine · “noble”
Adelin is a short form of Adeline, and behind that is a Germanic word for noble that has produced more European names than almost any other single element.
How old is the name Adelin?
Adelin first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. The typical Adelin is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Adelin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adelin most popular?
Adelin peaked in 2022, reaching #3171 nationally. Today it ranks #3577, 406 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adal to Adelin
The story of Adelin
Adal was one of the most productive elements in Germanic naming, and the Normans carried a whole set of names built on it into England — Adela, Adeline, Alice. Adeline was in medieval English use, faded, and returned in the nineteenth century. Adelin without the final e is used in Romanian and French and appears in American records recently, part of the return of the whole Adeline family.
Meaning
noble
From Germanic adal, noble; Adela was the base, Norman French added the diminutive -ine to give Adeline, and the same element opens Adelaide, Alice, Alison and Albert.
How the name formed
- adal
- Adela
- Adeline
- Adelin
Related forms: Adeline · Adelin · Adelheid
Pronouncing Adelin
AD-uh-lin
Three syllables, first stressed. French gives ad-LAN, with a nasal ending.
Nicknames for Adelin
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
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 202251 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3171reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −6.7%42 in 2025, from 45
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.
Adelin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adeline in French — related form
- Adelin in Romanian — same name
- Adelheid in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Adelins among us
people named Adelin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 38,268 born in 2025 was named Adelin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Adelin
- #3577
- Adelin on the 2025 chart
- #192
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Adelin went to 42 girls in 2025, but Adelyn, Adelynn and Addelyn and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 1,712, which makes it the 192nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,385 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 939 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 38,268 for Adelin 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 Disha test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adelin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Disha climbed just as high around 2005, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Disha's path sketches the road Adelin is walking now.
Adelin 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 Adelin is headed
Adelin 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.
Adelin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adelin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a documented record over a thousand years long.
- Addie is a warm short form that works at any age.
- Read correctly on sight by most English speakers.
- Adeline and Adalynn are both far more written and will be assumed.
- In Romanian, Adelin is a men's name, which occasionally surprises.
- Adelin, Adeline and Adelyn are all in use and get confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adelins 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 Adelin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Adelin?
- Adelin is one of 5 recorded spellings. Adelyn is the more common one — 851 births in 2025 against 42 for Adelin.
- How popular is the name Adelin in 2025?
- Adelin ranks #3577 among US girl names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adelin?
- About 1 in every 38,268 US girls born in 2025 was named Adelin — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adelin with classmates?
- Adelin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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