Addelyn
Feminine variant of the name Adeline, deriving from the Germanic root "adal" meaning "noble".
Name Census estimates that about 2,595 living Americans carry the first name Addelyn. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Addelyn today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Addelyn births was 2015 (214 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Addelyn. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Addelyn with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Addelyn is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 11 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
2.6K
~ 1 in 132,083 Americans
Peak year
2015
214 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#1,935
Tracked since 2001
Census
Addelyn in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,886 people with the first name Addelyn, which placed it at #7,868 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#7,868
National first-name rank
People counted
1.9K
1,886 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.6
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
80.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Addelyn
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Addelyn is White at 80.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (11.8%) and Two or More Races (4.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Addelyn described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Addelyn at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White80.9% · 1,526
- Hispanic or Latino11.8% · 222
- Two or more races4.6% · 87
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.3% · 25
- Black or African American1.2% · 22
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.2% · 4
Popularity
Addelyn: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Addelyn from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,702 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Addelyn remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Addelyn by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Addelyn during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Addelyns live
The SSA's state-level files cover 29 states and territories. Texas, California, Ohio recorded the most babies named Addelyn, while Virginia, Nebraska, Colorado recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 51 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Addelyn
The name Addelyn is a modern English variation of the medieval English name Adeline, which itself is derived from the Germanic root name Adalheidis. Adalheidis is composed of the elements "adal," meaning noble, and "heid," meaning kind or sort. The name was popular among medieval nobility and aristocracy.
In its earliest recorded forms, the name appeared as Adalindis in the 8th century and Adalheidis in the 9th century. Over time, it evolved into various spellings such as Adeline, Adaline, and Adelina. The form Addelyn is a more recent and relatively uncommon spelling variant.
One of the earliest recorded bearers of the name was Saint Adeline of Treves, a Frankish noblewoman who lived in the 7th century and founded a convent in what is now France. Another notable historical figure was Adeline of Blois (1105-1153), a French noblewoman who was the daughter of Stephen, King of England.
In literature, the name appeared in the 19th century novel "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë, where Adele is a character who is the young French daughter of Rochester's mistress. In the 20th century, Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a famous English writer and one of the foremost modernist authors.
Other notable bearers of the name include Adeline Genée (1873-1970), a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer; Adeline de Walt Reynolds (1862-1961), an American impressionist painter; and Adeline Yen Mah (born 1937), a Chinese-American author and physician.
While the name Addelyn is a relatively new spelling variant, it carries the rich history and heritage of its medieval English and Germanic roots, with connotations of nobility, kindness, and strength.
People
Addelyn + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Addelyn as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Addelyn: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Addelyn?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,595 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Addelyn going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 132,083 US residents.
Is Addelyn a common name?
We classify Addelyn as "Rare". It ranks above 94.7% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,615 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Addelyn most popular?
The single biggest year for Addelyn was 2015, when 214 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Addelyn is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Addelyn in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,886 people with the name Addelyn, or 0.62 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #7,868 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Addelyn in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Addelyn?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Addelyn appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,897 people counted with this name, 99.8% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Addelyn?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Addelyn is White at 80.9%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (11.8%) and Two or More Races (4.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Addelyn most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Addelyn in the 2020 Census, accounting for 80.9% (1,526 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Addelyn in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Addelyn a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Addelyn in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Addelyn still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Addelyn in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Addelyn can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Addelyn?
Find out how many people have the name Addelyn on our sister site HowManyOfMe.org — a quick modern estimate with the living-bearer count front and centre.