girls:
21.8k births since 1899
#979 (83rd percentile)
boys:
6 births since 2014
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
21.8k births since 1899
#1729 (78th percentile)
The name Adelyn is the #1,729 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 21,779 recorded births since 1899. This represents the 77.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 77.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #979 (82.9% percentile) for all time with 21,773 births since 1899. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 2014.
Adelyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1899 (1899 for girls and 2014 for boys). Birth data for Adelyn is available in 78 out of the 125 years between 1899 and 2023 (78 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Adelyn has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Adelyn reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 80.5% percentile (ranked #187) with 864 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 864 births per million (ranked 80.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Adelyn ranks #301 for girls (68.3% percentile) with 556 births per million, which is 64.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Adelyn reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #903) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Adelyn".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Adelyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.9% confident that Adelyn is pronounced as A-duh-lihn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-DEH-leen, at 11.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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