Adeline

Adeline was the #59 girls' name in the US in 2025 (3,864 babies), and #222 in England & Wales and #89 in Canada.

Adeline as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Adeline as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandIreland
Adeline as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#59 (3,864)#222 (211)#301 (11)#191 (9)#381 (10)#89 (273)#82 (87)#85 (73)
2024#58 (3,737)#247 (194)#295 (12)#407 (3)#259 (16)#86 (272)#77 (91)#91 (65)
2023#71 (3,091)#283 (159)#342 (10)#264 (6)#316 (12)#111 (225)#97 (71)#78 (67)
2022#92 (2,825)#322 (135)#358 (9)#354 (4)#420 (9)#103 (238)#89 (78)#78 (73)
2021#94 (2,770)#355 (131)#304 (12)#298 (5)#661 (5)#115 (236)#99 (79)#88 (67)
2020#99 (2,719)#385 (114)#429 (7)—#700 (4)#132 (195)#97 (76)—
2019#91 (3,078)#317 (149)#493 (6)—#362 (11)#105 (247)——
2018#78 (3,491)#370 (122)#680 (4)—#436 (9)#123 (219)#90 (77)#95 (58)
2017#64 (3,937)#370 (124)#570 (5)—#471 (8)#118 (234)——
2016#63 (4,120)#573 (73)#585 (5)—#661 (5)#133 (222)——
2015#135 (2,413)#643 (64)#806 (3)—#581 (6)#246 (133)——
2014#220 (1,531)#1,456 (21)——#752 (4)#424 (77)——
2013#233 (1,377)#1,484 (21)———#473 (66)——
2012#239 (1,343)#1,720 (17)——#907 (3)#561 (53)——
2011#288 (1,103)#1,489 (20)———#689 (41)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #59.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 420 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 420common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 810common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 550common

Next year

On its recent trend, Adeline is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 370 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 340 to 1 in 410.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Adeline by state, 2025Alaska: #29AKMaine: #73MEWisconsin: #44WIVermont: #30VTNew Hampshire: #57NHWashington: #44WAIdaho: #41IDMontana: #40MTNorth Dakota: #33NDMinnesota: #39MNIllinois: #70ILMichigan: #47MINew York: #100NYMassachusetts: #65MAOregon: #61ORNevada: #69NVWyoming: #45WYSouth Dakota: #38SDIowa: #74IAIndiana: #64INOhio: #66OHPennsylvania: #97PANew Jersey: #113NJConnecticut: #79CTRhode Island: #40RICalifornia: #65CAUtah: #89UTColorado: #46CONebraska: #53NEMissouri: #53MOKentucky: #47KYWest Virginia: #50WVVirginia: #49VAMaryland: #65MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #59AZNew Mexico: #69NMKansas: #65KSArkansas: #43ARTennessee: #37TNNorth Carolina: #52NCSouth Carolina: #65SCDistrict of Columbia: #109DCOklahoma: #51OKLouisiana: #68LAMississippi: #114MSAlabama: #65ALGeorgia: #49GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #60TXFlorida: #63FL
Adeline (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#12785
Quebec2025#22726

Adeline (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AdelineCanadaGirls#89273
AdelineEngland & WalesGirls#222211
AdelineIrelandGirls#38110
AdelineNorthern IrelandGirls#1919
AdelineNSWGirls#8287
AdelineScotlandGirls#30111
AdelineUSGirls#593,864
AdelineUSBoys—too few
AdelineVICGirls#8573