Adelynn
- Pronunciation
- [A-de-lynn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Variant Of Adela.
- Origin
- French
About the Name Adelynn
Adelynn is a modern American spelling variant of Adeline (see separate entry on Adeline for the Old Germanic Adal etymology meaning "noble" — the same Germanic root that yields Adelaide, Alice, and Allison). The double-N -ynn spelling Adelynn is essentially a 21st-century American invention, riding the broader American taste for distinctive Y/-ynn endings.
The various spellings (Adelynn, Adelyn, Adeline, Adalyn) are tracked separately by SSA and represent the same underlying Germanic name family. The Adelynn spelling specifically appeals to parents seeking a more visually distinctive form than the historical Adeline. The name's American naming surge began through the 2010s.
Adelynn's American climb is recent: the name climbed from outside the US top 1000 in 2010 to the US top 300 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 300 since. The name has been used predominantly for girls. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the in-built Germanic-noble pedigree, the popular three-syllable -lyn ending family (Adelynn, Brooklynn, Madelynn), and the modern visual presence with the distinctive double-N ending. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility across casual and formal registers. The name reads as both classical-Germanic and contemporary American. Common nicknames Addie (the dominant warm short form, casual and warm), Ada (back-end shortening), Lynn (back-end shortening), and the rare Linny each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Adeline, Adalyn, Adelyn, and Adalynn have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Adeline (French), Adela (Spanish/German), and the broader Adelaide/Alice/Allison family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Adelynn
US Popularity History (2009–2025)
Annual US births named Adelynn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2015 with 1,139 girls named Adelynn (girl rank #277 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #447 for girls (693 US births). That's 170 places below its 2015 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.
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Where in the US Is Adelynn 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 Adelynn the strongest states are Alaska, North Dakota, Montana.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alaska | #154 | 16 |
| 2 | North Dakota | #162 | 26 |
| 3 | Montana | #166 | 24 |
| 4 | Idaho | #190 | 63 |
| 5 | West Virginia | #212 | 66 |
| 6 | Texas | #234 | 1,263 |
| 7 | Kansas | #249 | 117 |
| 8 | New Mexico | #255 | 48 |
| 9 | Nebraska | #269 | 69 |
| 10 | Missouri | #281 | 206 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #640 | 111 |
| 2 | New York | #589 | 271 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | #534 | 95 |
| 4 | Maryland | #462 | 112 |
| 5 | Louisiana | #457 | 113 |
| 6 | Florida | #436 | 392 |
| 7 | Virginia | #428 | 179 |
| 8 | Alabama | #414 | 111 |
| 9 | Georgia | #413 | 249 |
| 10 | Iowa | #397 | 76 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Adelynn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Adelynn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).