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Adilynn

Feminine · “noble”

2002high 2015
#2354 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare77 girls in 2025

Adilynn joins Adeline to the -lynn ending, and the Germanic adal behind it means noble.

How old is the name Adilynn?

Adilynn first appears in US birth records in 2002 — 23 years ago. The typical Adilynn is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 3,200 people named Adilynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Adilynn most popular?

Adilynn peaked in 2015, reaching #808 nationally. Today it ranks #2354, 1,546 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Adilynn

Adal produced a very large family of Germanic names, and the -lynn ending became productive in American naming in the twentieth century. Adilynn, Adalyn, Adalynn and Addelyn all appear from the 2000s and are said identically. Adilynn is in current use.

Meaning

noble

The Adi- front is from the Germanic adal, 'noble', which stands behind Adelaide, Adeline, Alice and Ethel. The -lynn ending descends from Lynn, from the Welsh llyn, 'lake'. The noble element is undisputed; the compound is modern American.

How the name formed

  1. adal
  2. Adeline
  3. Adilynn

Related forms: Adalynn · Adelynn · Adeline

Pronouncing Adilynn

AD-uh-lin

Three syllables, stress on the first. All the spellings of the sound are said identically.

Nicknames for Adilynn

Moderate

AddieThe front stretched, and a name in its own right with a real record
LynnThe back of the name, and a name of its own with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 2002–202534817403487720022025

US babies named Adilynn per year from 2002 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#8082000s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
2002
Most girls named
2015348 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#808reached in 2015
Change vs 2024
−22.2%77 in 2025, from 99
Adilynn sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2015, with 348 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Adilynn in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Adalynn in English — spelling variant
  • Adelynn in English — spelling variant
  • Adeline in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Ohio.

Adilynns among us

3,200

people named Adilynn are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 20,874 born in 2025 was named Adilynn

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Adilynn

#2354
Adilynn on the 2025 chart
#510
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Adilynn went to 77 girls in 2025, but Addilyn, Addilynn and Adilyn 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 — 1,844 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 3,097 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,874 for Adilynn 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

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Is it right for you

The Kaycee test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adilynn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kaycee climbed just as high around 1998, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kaycee's path sketches the road Adilynn is walking now.

40%chance Adilynn will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Adilynn, aligned on its peakKaycee· peak 1998not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsKaycee · #1346Adilynn today
Adilynn today is about where Kaycee stood in 2008 — 10 years past a #808-sized peak. By 2023, Kaycee had settled around #1346.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Adilynn 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 Adilynn is headed

20022030

US babies named Adilynn per year, 2002 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Adilynn is easing off slowly — about 29% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.

Cooling-29% by 2030projected around #3,095 in 2030

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.

Adilynn beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Adilynn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Adilynnthis name77#2354Eunice77#2354Aislyn77#2354Klani77#2354Alyza77#2354

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • The noble element is genuine and stands behind a large family of names.
  • Addie and Lynn are two short forms, both with real records.
  • Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
What to consider
  • 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 Adilynns are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,200 people named Adilynn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Adilynn?
Adilynn is one of 6 recorded spellings. Addilyn is the more common one — 256 births in 2025 against 77 for Adilynn.
How popular is the name Adilynn in 2025?
Adilynn ranks #2354 among US girl names in 2025, with 77 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Adilynn?
About 1 in every 20,874 US girls born in 2025 was named Adilynn — 77 in all.
Will my child share the name Adilynn with classmates?
Adilynn will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Adilynn

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Eunice#2354 · Aislyn#2354 · Klani#2354 · Alyza#2354 · Roxana#2354 · Ameena#2354 · Laniyah#2354 · Naira#2354

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