Adelynn
Adelynn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Adelynn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Adelynn is a name with a single cultural origin: English.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Adelynn
Adelynn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1990, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2015: 1,139 births, good for #277 nationwide. About 57% of every Adelynn on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Adelynn ranks #441 for baby girls with 697 births, falling sharply (-21%). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Adelynn
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About the name Adelynn
Adelynn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Adelynn's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #277. Use the chart and map above to compare Adelynn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.