Adeline
#59 for girls in 2025, 3,864 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #10,744
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 3,737 births
- Debut · girls
- 54 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 10 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 80,812since 1880
Adeline over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #59 | 3,864 | — | |
| 2024 | #58 | 3,737 | — | |
| 2023 | #71 | 3,091 | — | |
| 2022 | #92 | 2,825 | — | |
| 2021 | #94 | 2,770 | — | |
| 2020 | #99 | 2,719 | — | |
| 2019 | #91 | 3,078 | — | |
| 2018 | #78 | 3,491 | — | |
| 2017 | #64 | 3,937 | — | |
| 2016 | #63 | 4,120 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #135 | 2,413 | — | |
| 2014 | #220 | 1,531 | — | |
| 2013 | #233 | 1,377 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #239 | 1,343 | — | |
| 2011 | #288 | 1,103 | — | |
| 2010 | #323 | 990 | — | |
| 2009 | #352 | 922 | — | |
| 2008 | #363 | 910 | — | |
| 2007 | #389 | 840 | — | |
| 2006 | #467 | 676 | — | |
| 2005 | #552 | 521 | — | |
| 2004 | #588 | 480 | — | |
| 2003 | #658 | 403 | — | |
| 2002 | #690 | 364 | — | |
| 2001 | #745 | 321 | — | |
| 2000 | #805 | 282 | — | |
| 1999 | #925 | 228 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,074 | 181 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,148 | 162 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,337 | 127 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,482 | 107 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,557 | 99 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,865 | 76 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,894 | 74 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,834 | 72 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,051 | 57 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,065 | 53 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,195 | 47 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,048 | 52 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,492 | 38 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,985 | 53 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,671 | 33 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,269 | 40 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,606 | 32 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,309 | 33 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,999 | 36 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,848 | 40 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,548 | 52 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,672 | 45 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,470 | 59 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,359 | 66 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,428 | 61 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,286 | 73 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,299 | 68 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,157 | 84 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,130 | 78 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 92 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,001 | 92 | — | |
| 1952 | #849 | 117 | — | |
| 1951 | #882 | 104 | — | |
| 1950 | #824 | 112 | — | |
| 1949 | #763 | 128 | — | |
| 1948 | #730 | 134 | — | |
| 1947 | #687 | 150 | — | |
| 1946 | #621 | 163 | — | |
| 1945 | #623 | 136 | — | |
| 1944 | #556 | 171 | — | |
| 1943 | #573 | 174 | — | |
| 1942 | #563 | 172 | — | |
| 1941 | #505 | 189 | — | |
| 1940 | #474 | 202 | — | |
| 1939 | #455 | 214 | — | |
| 1938 | #434 | 238 | — | |
| 1937 | #413 | 245 | — | |
| 1936 | #391 | 264 | — | |
| 1935 | #376 | 283 | — | |
| 1934 | #348 | 326 | — | |
| 1933 | #325 | 371 | — | |
| 1932 | #290 | 464 | — | |
| 1931 | #281 | 490 | — | |
| 1930 | #268 | 555 | — | |
| 1929 | #256 | 614 | — | |
| 1928 | #232 | 721 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #223 | 806 | — | |
| 1926 | #205 | 944 | — | |
| 1925 | #199 | 1,022 | — | |
| 1924 | #191 | 1,142 | — | |
| 1923 | #195 | 1,077 | — | |
| 1922 | #193 | 1,085 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #177 | 1,246 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #176 | 1,260 | — | |
| 1919 | #172 | 1,261 | — | |
| 1918 | #169 | 1,301 | — | |
| 1917 | #163 | 1,234 | — | |
| 1916 | #166 | 1,168 | — | |
| 1915 | #167 | 1,097 | — | |
| 1914 | #166 | 878 | — | |
| 1913 | #173 | 668 | — | |
| 1912 | #172 | 570 | — | |
| 1911 | #176 | 413 | — | |
| 1910 | #172 | 395 | — | |
| 1909 | #173 | 345 | — | |
| 1908 | #172 | 346 | — | |
| 1907 | #177 | 315 | — | |
| 1906 | #188 | 264 | — | |
| 1905 | #199 | 236 | — | |
| 1904 | #185 | 259 | — | |
| 1903 | #200 | 212 | — | |
| 1902 | #188 | 240 | — | |
| 1901 | #208 | 192 | — | |
| 1900 | #202 | 237 | — | |
| 1899 | #196 | 200 | — | |
| 1898 | #201 | 213 | — | |
| 1897 | #211 | 172 | — | |
| 1896 | #203 | 187 | — | |
| 1895 | #202 | 180 | — | |
| 1894 | #201 | 174 | — | |
| 1893 | #217 | 141 | — | |
| 1892 | #209 | 148 | — | |
| 1891 | #202 | 132 | — | |
| 1890 | #195 | 150 | — | |
| 1889 | #184 | 154 | — | |
| 1888 | #197 | 128 | — | |
| 1887 | #200 | 103 | — | |
| 1886 | #214 | 85 | — | |
| 1885 | #208 | 86 | — | |
| 1884 | #166 | 112 | — | |
| 1883 | #184 | 82 | — | |
| 1882 | #197 | 70 | — | |
| 1881 | #196 | 58 | — | |
| 1880 | #208 | 54 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Adeline was already there! It came in at #208, and was given to 54 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1977, when fewer than 33 girls a year got the name.
See more about Adeline
- 1 spot since 2024 (#58 → #59)
- 40 spots since 2020 (#99 → #59)
- 76 spots since 2015 (#135 → #59)
- Biggest jump: 149 spots in 1999 (#1,074 → #925)
- Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1953 (#849 → #1,001)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #58 (3,737 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Top 1,000: 100 yrs · run 1880–1952
- Highest: 1 in 416 girls born in 2025 were named Adeline (0.24%)
- Its best rank, #58 in 2024, was only 1 in 434 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 28.9% of all girls named Adeline (23,383) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #163 (1917) → #3,095 (1976) → #58 (2024)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 932 | #166 (1884) | #195 |
| 1890s | 1,697 | #195 (1890) | #204 |
| 1900s | 2,646 | #172 (1908) | #189 |
| 1910s | 8,985 | #163 (1917) | #170 |
| 1920s | 9,917 | #176 (1920) | #205 |
| 1930s | 3,450 | #268 (1930) | #358 |
| 1940s | 1,619 | #474 (1940) | #610 |
| 1950s | 905 | #824 (1950) | #1,053 |
| 1960s | 532 | #1,286 (1960) | #1,612 |
| 1970s | 348 | #1,986 (1975) | #2,381 |
| 1980s | 493 | #1,834 (1989) | #2,178 |
| 1990s | 1,180 | #925 (1999) | #1,552 |
| 2000s | 5,719 | #352 (2009) | #561 |
| 2010s | 23,383 | #63 (2016) | #173 |
| 2020s | 19,006 | #58 (2024) | #79 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Adeline in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 430 of them was named Adeline, which outranked 99.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 316,290 of them was named Adeline, which outranked 24.4% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
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- #10,744Adeline6
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- #12,185Aabid5
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Tied with 1,440 names at #10,744; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.