Adilene
Feminine · “noble”
Adilene is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 6,590 girls against 7 boys since 1880.
Adilene is a Mexican-American formation on Adelina and the -ene ending, and the Germanic behind it is adal — noble, one of the most productive elements in European naming.
How old is the name Adilene?
Adilene first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Adilene alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 6,500 people named Adilene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adilene most popular?
Adilene peaked in 1994, reaching #985 nationally. Today it ranks #1652, 667 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
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Where it comes from
From adal to Adilene
The story of Adilene
Adelina and Adeline spread across Europe from the Frankish Adela, and Spanish took Adelina. Mexican and Mexican-American naming from the 1990s produced Adilene, Adilenne and Adelene, part of a wider set of -ene and -eth endings in that period. Adilene appears in the American registers from that decade and is in current use.
Meaningscholars disagree
noble
The likeliest route runs through Adelina and Adeline, from the Germanic adal, 'noble'. Whether Adilene descends from those or is a separate Spanish-American coinage on the -ene ending is not documented. Only the adal element, if the route holds, has a settled meaning.
How the name formed
- adal
- Adelina
- Adilene
Related forms: Adilene · Adelina · Adeline
Pronouncing Adilene
ah-dee-LEH-neh
Four syllables, stress on the third. English speakers often say AD-uh-leen with three.
Nicknames for Adilene
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
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 2014259 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #985reached in 1994
- Change vs 2024
- +6.8%125 in 2025, from 117
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.
Adilene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adilene in Spanish — same name
- Adelina in Spanish — related form
- Adeline in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Adilenes among us
people named Adilene are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 12,858 born in 2025 was named Adilene
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 Denese test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adilene's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Denese climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Denese's path sketches the road Adilene is walking now.
Adilene 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 Adilene is headed
Adilene is easing off slowly — about 16% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
High 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.
Adilene beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adilene in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The adal element is transparent and among the best documented in Germanic naming.
- Adi and Lene are two short forms, both real names elsewhere.
- Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- The descent from Adelina is likely but not documented.
- Adeline and Adelina are both far commoner.
- The syllable count differs between Spanish and English readings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adilenes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,500 people named Adilene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adilene in 2025?
- Adilene ranks #1652 among US girl names in 2025, with 125 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adilene?
- About 1 in every 12,858 US girls born in 2025 was named Adilene — 125 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adilene with classmates?
- Adilene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Adilene
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