Alline
Feminine · “of a noble kind”
Two things have happened to this name and they pull in opposite directions. Adeline lost its middle syllable, which shortens it; then a consonant was doubled, which lengthens it again on the page. The result is the same number of letters and a completely different shape.
How old is the name Alline?
Alline first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Alline alive today was born around 1925, making them about 100 years old. About 300 people named Alline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alline most popular?
Alline peaked in 1899, reaching #791 nationally. See the whole 1899 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Adeline to Alline
The story of Alline
The word the name resembles has a fashion history of its own. In the mid nineteen-fifties a Paris couturier named a collection after the letter A — narrow at the shoulder, flaring toward the hem, the shape of the capital — and the phrase entered every language that buys clothes. It has outlasted the collection, the house's founder and most of the vocabulary of that era: people who have never heard of the designer know exactly what shape is meant. The name has nothing to do with any of it and will be read alongside it anyway.
Meaningscholars disagree
of a noble kind
If the source is Adeline the Germanic element meaning noble is behind it. An independent formation on the French Aline, itself a contraction of the same name, gives the same answer by a shorter road. Either way the sense arrives at some distance.
How the name formed
- Adeline
- Aline
- Alline
Related forms: Aline
Pronouncing Alline
uh-LEEN
Two syllables with the weight at the back. The doubled l changes nothing audible; the front syllable is reduced to almost nothing either way.
Nicknames for Alline
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
- 1887
- Most girls named
- 191871 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #791reached in 1899
- Change vs 1991
- −16.7%5 in 1998, from 6
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.
Alline in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aline in French — same name
Allines among us
people named Alline are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Alline sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress at the back gives it a decisive finish.
- Allie sits inside it as a short form that is entirely current.
- It is short and soft and easy to say on first hearing.
- Aline and Adeline are both standard and this spelling gets corrected.
- It is read alongside a very well-known phrase about dress shapes.
- The generation that used it is now very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Allines are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Alline are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alline in 2025?
- Alline is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Alline with classmates?
- Alline will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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