Adline

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147

Peak · girls
1885 · 13 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,177
since 1880

Adline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Adline has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #608, 1885girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1991#13,1475
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1981#7,4098
1980
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1977#8,4446
1976
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1967#6,8045
1966
1965
1964#6,0096
1963#5,8916
1962
1961#6,5675
1960
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1958
1957#4,9187
1956#4,1619
1955#4,0699
1954
1953#2,69916
1952#4,4837
1951#3,7149
1950#3,6629
1949#3,17611
1948#2,70114
1947#3,44810
1946#3,03411
1945#2,91610
1944#2,76211
1943#2,69512
1942#2,41614
1941#3,9546
1940
1939#2,73610
1938#2,73010
1937#2,73510
1936#2,68910
1935#2,73110
1934#2,08715
1933#2,27513
1932#2,49012
1931#1,68621
1930#1,87519
1929#1,64223
1928#1,83721
1927#1,45631
1926#1,44931
1925#1,57628
1924#1,53330
1923#1,89521
1922#1,78523
1921#1,43732
1920#1,34934
1919#1,24237
1918#1,53727
1917#1,47026
1916#1,68921
1915#1,36727
1914#1,17527
1913#1,35818
1912#1,47714
1911#1,07117
1910#91422
1909#96118
1908#93918
1907#1,03714
1906#89517
1905#92616
1904#1,00113
1903#1,13710
1902#93614
1901#1,00711
1900#94116
1899#79117
1898#1,04711
1897#98211
1896#1,5835
1895#89313
1894#78215
1893#1,0239
1892#79614
1891#1,0937
1890#82511
1889#80211
1888#9598
1887#69311
1886#69311
1885#60813
1884#7319
1883
1882
1881
1880#6288
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Adline was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Adline is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #430 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,946 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #387 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,833 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Adline, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#387 · 1 in 2,833
  2. South Carolina#430 · 1 in 4,946

Best ever in a state: #356 in Louisiana, 1914.

Show every state
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Louisiana#38781 in 2,833
South Carolina#43051 in 4,946
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Adline
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1991
  • Biggest jump: 601 spots in 1897 (#1,583#982)
  • Biggest drop: 690 spots in 1896 (#893#1,583)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1885 at #608 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1884–1890
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,235
  • Highest: 1 in 10,235 girls born in 1885 were named Adline (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 375,001 girls born in 1991 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 23.3% of all girls named Adline (274) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s71#608 (1885)#731
1890s113#782 (1894)#982
1900s147#895 (1906)#978
1910s236#914 (1910)#1,330
1920s274#1,349 (1920)#1,596
1930s130#1,686 (1931)#2,403
1940s99#2,416 (1942)#3,011
1950s66#2,699 (1953)#3,958
1960s22#5,891 (1963)#6,318
1970s6#8,444 (1977)#8,444
1980s8#7,409 (1981)#7,409
1990s5#13,147 (1991)#13,147

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.

Adline in 1920

girls
#1,349
34 births · 1 in 35,244 girls

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #1,349Adline34
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 35,244 of them was named Adline, which outranked 76.6% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Adline
  1. #1,312Toshiko35
  2. #1,312Veta35
  3. #1,312Vilma35
  4. #1,349Adline34
  5. #1,349Aiko34
  6. #1,349Albertina34
  7. #1,349America34
  8. #1,375Abigail33
  9. #1,375Albert33
  10. #1,375Alethea33

Tied with 25 names at #1,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 550Denise#1,481#931
  2. 321Blossom#1,242#921
  3. 311Lilia#1,242#931
  4. 302Ena#1,270#968
  5. 277Lorayne#1,216#939
Fallers
  1. 594Haruko#917#1,511
  2. 511Roselle#1,000#1,511
  3. 345Toshiko#967#1,312
  4. 304Carroll#902#1,206
  5. 297Santina#835#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920