Adlee
Feminine
Adlee joins Ad — from adal, the Germanic word for noble — to the plainest available -lee ending, and both halves are doing familiar work.
How old is the name Adlee?
Adlee first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Adlee is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Adlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Adlee most popular?
Adlee peaked in 2021, reaching #1910 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, 1,993 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Adlee
Ours, offered as ours. Adlee is a good example of how modern American naming compresses: Adeline gave Addie, Addie gave Ad, and Ad joined the -lee that has been available since Ashley and Kaylee. Each step is small and the result is four sounds that read as entirely new. The Germanic noble at the far end is real and a thousand years old, and nothing in the modern name points at it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for the compound. The Ad- opening comes from Adeline and Adalyn, built on Germanic adal, noble. The -lee ending descends from Old English leah, a clearing, but functions here as a suffix. A separate Hebrew Adley, meaning my ornament, is also offered without support.
Pronouncing Adlee
AD-lee
Two syllables, first stressed. There is little variation.
Nicknames for Adlee
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
- 1913
- Most girls named
- 2012103 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1910reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −21.3%37 in 2025, from 47
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.
Adlee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adley in English — spelling variant
- Adelheid in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Ohio, Tennessee.
Adlees among us
people named Adlee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Adlee
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 Shannel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Adlee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shannel climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shannel's path sketches the road Adlee is walking now.
Adlee 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 Adlee is headed
Adlee is easing off slowly — about 24% 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.
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.
Adlee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Adlee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Addie and Lee are both plain and immediately usable short forms.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Adley, Adlee and Adleigh are all in use and none is dominant.
- It is used for both sexes, so forms may guess wrong.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound.
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Frequently asked
- How many Adlees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Adlee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Adlee in 2025?
- Adlee ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Adlee?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Adlee — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Adlee with classmates?
- Adlee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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