Adeline is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2016 and remains in steady use.
Adeline is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #59 for girl births in the United States (and #153 across all names), given to 3,864 babies — 3,873 including U.S. territories. Adeline was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2016 (4,120 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,864 | 3,873 | #59 | — |
| 2024 | 3,737 | 3,742 | #58 | — |
| 2023 | 3,091 | 3,097 | #71 | — |
| 2022 | 2,825 | 2,825 | #92 | — |
| 2021 | 2,770 | 2,770 | #94 | — |
| 2020 | 2,719 | 2,719 | #99 | — |
| 2019 | 3,078 | 3,078 | #91 | — |
| 2018 | 3,491 | 3,491 | #78 | — |
| 2017 | 3,937 | 3,937 | #64 | — |
| 2016 | 4,126 | 4,131 | #63 | #10,776 |
| 2015 | 2,413 | 2,413 | #135 | — |
| 2014 | 1,531 | 1,531 | #220 | — |
| 2013 | 1,382 | 1,382 | #233 | #12,165 |
| 2012 | 1,343 | 1,343 | #239 | — |
| 2011 | 1,103 | 1,103 | #288 | — |
| 2010 | 990 | 990 | #323 | — |
| 2009 | 922 | 922 | #352 | — |
| 2008 | 910 | 910 | #363 | — |
| 2007 | 840 | 840 | #389 | — |
| 2006 | 676 | 676 | #467 | — |
| 2005 | 521 | 521 | #552 | — |
| 2004 | 480 | 480 | #588 | — |
| 2003 | 403 | 403 | #658 | — |
| 2002 | 364 | 364 | #690 | — |
| 2001 | 321 | 321 | #745 | — |
| 2000 | 282 | 282 | #805 | — |
| 1999 | 228 | 228 | #925 | — |
| 1998 | 181 | 181 | #1,074 | — |
| 1997 | 162 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1996 | 127 | — | #1,337 | — |
| 1995 | 107 | — | #1,482 | — |
| 1994 | 99 | — | #1,557 | — |
| 1993 | 76 | — | #1,865 | — |
| 1992 | 71 | — | #1,947 | — |
| 1991 | 74 | — | #1,894 | — |
| 1990 | 55 | — | #2,289 | — |
| 1989 | 72 | — | #1,834 | — |
| 1988 | 57 | — | #2,052 | — |
| 1987 | 53 | — | #2,065 | — |
| 1986 | 47 | — | #2,195 | — |
| 1985 | 52 | — | #2,048 | — |
| 1984 | 38 | — | #2,470 | — |
| 1983 | 40 | — | #2,360 | — |
| 1982 | 38 | — | #2,492 | — |
| 1981 | 53 | — | #1,985 | — |
| 1980 | 43 | — | #2,278 | — |
| 1979 | 33 | — | #2,673 | — |
| 1978 | 40 | — | #2,269 | — |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #2,606 | — |
| 1976 | 23 | — | #3,095 | — |
| 1975 | 44 | — | #1,988 | — |
| 1974 | 41 | — | #2,029 | — |
| 1973 | 33 | — | #2,309 | — |
| 1972 | 29 | — | #2,451 | — |
| 1971 | 32 | — | #2,375 | — |
| 1970 | 41 | — | #2,017 | — |
| 1969 | 35 | — | #2,134 | — |
| 1968 | 36 | — | #1,999 | — |
| 1967 | 40 | — | #1,848 | — |
| 1966 | 52 | — | #1,548 | — |
| 1965 | 45 | — | #1,672 | — |
| 1964 | 59 | — | #1,470 | — |
| 1963 | 65 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1962 | 66 | — | #1,359 | — |
| 1961 | 61 | — | #1,428 | — |
| 1960 | 73 | — | #1,286 | — |
| 1959 | 68 | — | #1,299 | — |
| 1958 | 84 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1957 | 66 | — | #1,301 | — |
| 1956 | 92 | — | #1,066 | — |
| 1955 | 78 | — | #1,130 | — |
| 1954 | 92 | — | #1,020 | — |
| 1953 | 92 | — | #1,001 | — |
| 1952 | 117 | — | #849 | — |
| 1951 | 104 | — | #882 | — |
| 1950 | 112 | — | #825 | — |
| 1949 | 128 | — | #763 | — |
| 1948 | 134 | — | #730 | — |
| 1947 | 150 | — | #687 | — |
| 1946 | 163 | — | #621 | — |
| 1945 | 136 | — | #623 | — |
| 1944 | 171 | — | #556 | — |
| 1943 | 174 | — | #573 | — |
| 1942 | 172 | — | #563 | — |
| 1941 | 189 | — | #505 | — |
| 1940 | 202 | — | #474 | — |
| 1939 | 214 | — | #455 | — |
| 1938 | 238 | — | #434 | — |
| 1937 | 245 | — | #413 | — |
| 1936 | 264 | — | #391 | — |
| 1935 | 283 | — | #376 | — |
| 1934 | 326 | — | #348 | — |
| 1933 | 371 | — | #325 | — |
| 1932 | 464 | — | #290 | — |
| 1931 | 490 | — | #281 | — |
| 1930 | 555 | — | #268 | — |
| 1929 | 614 | — | #256 | — |
| 1928 | 726 | — | #232 | #4,154 |
| 1927 | 806 | — | #223 | — |
| 1926 | 944 | — | #205 | — |
| 1925 | 1,022 | — | #199 | — |
| 1924 | 1,142 | — | #191 | — |
| 1923 | 1,077 | — | #195 | — |
| 1922 | 1,090 | — | #193 | #4,310 |
| 1921 | 1,251 | — | #177 | #4,327 |
| 1920 | 1,260 | — | #176 | — |
| 1919 | 1,261 | — | #172 | — |
| 1918 | 1,301 | — | #169 | — |
| 1917 | 1,234 | — | #163 | — |
| 1916 | 1,168 | — | #166 | — |
| 1915 | 1,097 | — | #167 | — |
| 1914 | 878 | — | #166 | — |
| 1913 | 668 | — | #173 | — |
| 1912 | 570 | — | #172 | — |
| 1911 | 413 | — | #176 | — |
| 1910 | 395 | — | #172 | — |
| 1909 | 345 | — | #173 | — |
| 1908 | 346 | — | #172 | — |
| 1907 | 315 | — | #177 | — |
| 1906 | 264 | — | #188 | — |
| 1905 | 236 | — | #199 | — |
| 1904 | 259 | — | #185 | — |
| 1903 | 212 | — | #200 | — |
| 1902 | 240 | — | #188 | — |
| 1901 | 192 | — | #208 | — |
| 1900 | 237 | — | #202 | — |
| 1899 | 200 | — | #196 | — |
| 1898 | 213 | — | #201 | — |
| 1897 | 172 | — | #211 | — |
| 1896 | 187 | — | #203 | — |
| 1895 | 180 | — | #202 | — |
| 1894 | 174 | — | #201 | — |
| 1893 | 141 | — | #217 | — |
| 1892 | 148 | — | #209 | — |
| 1891 | 132 | — | #202 | — |
| 1890 | 150 | — | #195 | — |
| 1889 | 154 | — | #184 | — |
| 1888 | 128 | — | #197 | — |
| 1887 | 103 | — | #200 | — |
| 1886 | 85 | — | #214 | — |
| 1885 | 86 | — | #208 | — |
| 1884 | 112 | — | #166 | — |
| 1883 | 82 | — | #184 | — |
| 1882 | 70 | — | #197 | — |
| 1881 | 58 | — | #196 | — |
| 1880 | 54 | — | #208 | — |