Adeline
Adeline stands at #59 nationally in 2025, and more parents pick it every year. The records carry it back to 1880, but its real era is now, 80,812 American children have carried it so far.
What Adeline carries
Adeline · Teutonic
“noble snake”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Adeline’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Adeline, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Adeline since 1880
Adeline peaked in 2016 at #63; #59 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Adeline is most common
The state that gives Adeline most often, per girls born there, is Vermont (1.13% in 2025); Wyoming and Alaska are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Adeline
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Alejandro
#195 in 2025 · Teutonic
Arabella
#213 in 2025 · Teutonic
Axel
#79 in 2025 · Teutonic
Audrey
#86 in 2025 · Teutonic
Aubrey
#146 in 2025 · Teutonic
Emery
#74 in 2025 · Teutonic
Amelia
#4 in 2025 · Teutonic
Leonardo
#91 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Adeline
How popular is the name Adeline?
Adeline stands at #59 nationally in 2025, and more parents pick it every year. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
Does Adeline have a meaning on record?
The reference we cite records “noble snake”, of Teutonic origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Adeline?
Alejandro, Arabella and Axel sit nearest to Adeline on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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