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Adeline

Pronounced AE1 D AH0 L AY2 N (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 2016
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Adeline?

Adeline is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 76,967 children — the 432nd most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about three times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 4,124 children were given it.

01,2502,5003,7505,00018901920195019802010
2016Girls: 4,124Boys: 6

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
AE1 D AH0 L AY2 N
Stress pattern:
102
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Adeline

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Adeline

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Adeline?
Adeline ranks 432nd among girls' names in US records, with 76,967 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 32,176.
Is Adeline a unisex name?
No. Adeline is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Adeline most popular?
2016, when 4,124 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.