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Addilynn

Pronunciation
[A-ddi-lynn]
Gender
Female
Meaning
Not recorded
Origin
English

Addilynn is a name traditionally given to a girl of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.

About the Name Addilynn

Addilynn is a modern American invented spelling, formed by joining an "Addi-" element (echoing names like Adeline and Addison) with the fashionable -lynn suffix. It has no independent ancient etymology; rather, it belongs to the contemporary trend of crafting fresh, two-part girls' names that blend a familiar opening with the soft, lyrical -lynn ending. Many related spellings circulate alongside it, including Adda, Addie, Addy, Adi, Adia, Ady, and Aida.

As a newly minted name, Addilynn appears squarely in the 2010s. It first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2014 and reached its peak in 2016 at rank #610. It held in the lower portion of the list for several years, recorded at #920 in 2020, #928 in 2021, and last appearing in 2022 at #943. Across its short tracked span it accounts for 3,165 top-1000 births.

The name's appeal is entirely modern: it pairs the sweet, vintage-flavored "Addie" sound with the flowing -lynn that defines so many recent American girls' names. Parents who choose it are typically after a fresh, customizable feel, and the abundance of related spellings — and the ready nicknames Addie and Addy — gives families plenty of flexibility. As a coined name it has no ancient story to inherit, but that openness is much of the point: it lets parents build something that feels personal and current, riding the same vowel-soft, -lynn-ending trend that has shaped a whole generation of American girls' names.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Addilynn

5,642
English baby names in our dictionary
2,251
English female names
242
8-letter A-names in our dictionary
1,183
A-female names total
2014–2022
years of US SSA records (9 total)
3,165
total US births named Addilynn (all years)

US Popularity History (2014–2022)

📉 Falling fast: Addilynn dropped 250 places in the US girls ranking over the last 5 years (#693 in 2017 → #943 in 2022).

Annual US births named Addilynn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 492 girls named Addilynn (girl rank #610 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2022, ranked #943 for girls (287 US births). That's 333 places below its 2016 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Addilynn Most Popular?

Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Addilynn the strongest states are West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas.

Strongest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 West Virginia #260 47
2 Kentucky #324 103
3 Arkansas #417 60
4 Oklahoma #429 82
5 Iowa #441 37
6 Kansas #444 36
7 Mississippi #456 33
8 Missouri #502 116
9 South Carolina #520 35
10 Oregon #539 27

Weakest girls-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Florida #1,063 72
2 Texas #995 222
3 Virginia #863 40
4 Georgia #845 85
5 Colorado #794 36
6 Washington #756 43
7 Illinois #729 58
8 North Carolina #717 76
9 Minnesota #711 55
10 Wisconsin #669 50

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Addilynn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Adda Wealthy Female English
Addie Variant Of Adela. Female French
Addy Ardent Male English
Adi Myth Name (A Form Of Vasishtha) Male Indian
Adia Wealthy Female English
Ady Ardent Male English
Aida Help Female Spanish

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