Adalyn

Where Adalyn comes from

Rare non-standard variant of Adeline with -lyn. Can also be construed as Ada + -lyn.
— Wiktionary's entry for Adalyn
Along the way
  1. 1908
    First appearance
    #1,862 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2015
    Peak, #132
    2,456 babies named Adalyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #260.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes

No widely known Adalyn turns up in the encyclopedias yet — the name is still all theirs to make famous.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.