Adelyn
Adelyn is ranked 315th among girls in 2024 (974 births). Its best rank was 194th, in 2016.
- Rank in 2024
- #315up 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 9740.06% of girls
- Peak year
- 20151,680 births
- Best rank
- #194in 2016
- Since 1899
- 22,752people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,752 girls have been named Adelyn in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 1,680 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 198 → 315).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2016, and the 2010s alone account for 61%. It has spent 18 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Adelyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 14 | |
| 1910s | 136 | |
| 1920s | 140 | |
| 1930s | 68 | |
| 1940s | 45 | |
| 1950s | 5 | |
| 1980s | 41 | |
| 1990s | 241 | |
| 2000s | 2,529 | |
| 2010s | 13,971 | |
| 2020s | 5,557 |
In 2015, its biggest year
Adelyn was the 196th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2015 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Ava and Isabella. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Adelyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rilynnpeak 2017
- Braylynnpeak 2014
- Londynpeak 2014
- Annistonpeak 2014
- Adleighpeak 2017
- Rylynnpeak 2016
- Aksharapeak 2018
- Emreepeak 2014
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.