Adilyn
Feminine · “noble”
Adilyn joins the Ada- and Adi- opening — from a Germanic word for noble that has produced more European names than almost any other — to the -lyn ending American naming attaches freely.
How old is the name Adilyn?
Adilyn first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Adilyn is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,400 people named Adilyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adilyn most popular?
Adilyn peaked in 2016, reaching #1125 nationally. Today it ranks #3712, 2,587 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Adilyn
Ours, offered as ours. Adal was one of the most productive elements in Germanic naming and gave Europe Adela, Adelaide, Adeline, Alice, Alison and Albert — all from a single word meaning noble. Adilyn takes the opening and finishes it with the -lyn that Carolyn and Evelyn left in circulation. Fifteen hundred years at the front, a hundred at the back, and a name that reads as entirely of this decade.
Meaningscholars disagree
noble
The Ad- opening is documented through Germanic adal, noble, which gives Adela, Adelaide, Adeline and Alice. Whether Adilyn was built on Adeline or assembled from Adi- and the -lyn suffix is not recorded; the two produce the same name.
Pronouncing Adilyn
AD-uh-lin
Three syllables, first stressed. Adilyn, Adalyn and Addilyn are said identically.
Nicknames for Adilyn
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
- 2001
- Most girls named
- 2016225 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1125reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- −25.9%40 in 2025, from 54
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.
Adilyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adeline in English — related form
- Adalynn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Adilyns among us
people named Adilyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 40,182 born in 2025 was named Adilyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Adilyn
- #3712
- Adilyn on the 2025 chart
- #510
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Adilyn went to 40 girls in 2025, but Addilyn, Addilynn and Adilynn and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 519, which makes it the 510th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,202 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 3,097 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 40,182 for Adilyn 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 Meridith test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adilyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Meridith climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Meridith's path sketches the road Adilyn is walking now.
Adilyn 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 Adilyn is headed
Adilyn is easing off slowly — about 28% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Adilyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adilyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Germanic element with a very long history behind the opening.
- Addie is a warm short form that works at any age.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn and Adilyn are all in use and she will spell hers for life.
- Adeline is the historical form and is also current.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound, only for its opening.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adilyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Adilyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Adilyn?
- Adilyn is one of 6 recorded spellings. Addilyn is the more common one — 256 births in 2025 against 40 for Adilyn.
- How popular is the name Adilyn in 2025?
- Adilyn ranks #3712 among US girl names in 2025, with 40 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adilyn?
- About 1 in every 40,182 US girls born in 2025 was named Adilyn — 40 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adilyn with classmates?
- Adilyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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