Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Adeline

Gender

Female

Origin

Germanic
Sweet: of the nobility. Noble.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Adeline

Pronunciation

a-deli-ne, ad(e)-line

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #10743, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #63, 4,119 births); most recent 2025 (rank #59, 3,864 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–3,864
2024–3,723
2023–3,088
2022–2,825
2021–2,770
2020–2,719
2019–3,077
2018–3,490
2017–3,937
201664,119

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #222, 211 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025211
2024194
2023159
2022135
2021131
2020114
2019149
2018122
2017124
201673

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1991 (rank #28, 3,217 births); most recent 2023 (rank #757, 54 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202354
202238
202132
202044
201946
201847
201753
201656
201571
201486

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #265, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #379, 10 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202510
202416
202312
20229
20215
20204
201911
20189
20178
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2024 (rank #295, 12 births); most recent 2025 (rank #301, 11 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202511
202412
202310
20229
202112
20207
20196
20184
20175
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #191, 9 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
20259
20243
20236
20224
20215
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #72, 35 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202335
202232
202125
202030
201929
201830
201726
201626
201529
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence