Adeline
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About Adeline
Adeline has a lovely, old-fashioned "Sweet Adeline" charm, but has become so popular in the US under so many spellings and variations — with Adalynn and Adalyn also popular — that considered together it is far more popular than it first seems. Adorable nickname Addie is also pervasive.
Adeline originated as a French diminutive of Adele, which came from the Germanic root adal, meaning "noble." Adeline was introduced to England by the Normans in the eleventh century, was very common during the Middle Ages, then vanished until the Victorian Gothic revival. Common variants of Adeline include Adalynn, Adalyn, Adelyn, Adelynn, Adelina, and Adaline.
Adeline was introduced to England by the Normans in the eleventh century, was very common during the Middle Ages, then vanished until the Victorian Gothic revival.
The song "Sweet Adeline" Is an old barbershop quartet favorite. JFK's grandfather, John F. Fitzgerald, mayor of Boston, made it his theme song, and Mickey Mouse serenaded Minnie with it in a 1929 cartoon.
Pronounced ad-a-line in America, it's usually ad-a-LEEN in France.
Pronounced AD-uh-line.
As of October 2026, Adeline ranked #59 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #58 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #59.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #220 | 1,530 | 856.5 |
| 2015 | #135 | 2,412 | 1,351.2 |
| 2016 | #63 | 4,119 | 2,324.5 |
| 2017 | #64 | 3,937 | 2,280.4 |
| 2018 | #78 | 3,490 | 2,051.6 |
| 2019 | #91 | 3,077 | 1,833.3 |
| 2020 | #99 | 2,719 | 1,682 |
| 2021 | #94 | 2,770 | 1,688.1 |
| 2022 | #92 | 2,825 | 1,722.4 |
| 2023 | #71 | 3,088 | 1,924.5 |
| 2024 | #58 | 3,723 | 2,297.9 |
| 2025 | #59 | 3,864 | 2,404.1 |
World rankings
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Adeline on lists
Famous Adelines
- Adeline Pond Adams
American novelist
- Adeline Andre
French fashion designer
- Adeline Canac
French pair skater
- Adeline Genee
Danish,British ballerina
- Adeline Hazan
French MEP
- Adeline De Walt Reynolds
American actress
- Adeline Louisa Maria de Horsey
Countess of Cardigan
- Adeline Kerrar
American basebal player
- Adeline Knapp
American journalist and author
- Adeline McKinlay
American tennis player
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney
American poet and author
- Adeline Virginia Woolf
English novelist
- Adeline Yen Mah
Chinese,American writer and physician
- Adeline Helberg (b. 2012)
daughter of actor Simon Helberg and Jocelyn Towne
- Adeline Phelps (b. 2012)
daughter of baseball player David Phelps
- Adeline Pauline Zamprogna (b. 2015)
daughter of actor Dominic Zamprogna
- Adeline Bernthal (b. 2015)
daughter of actor Jon Bernthal
Adeline in pop culture
- Adeline Luna
'Olive Chancellor's affected widowed sister' in The Bostonians (1886) by Henry James
- Adeline March
character in novel "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield
- Adeline Schmidt
character in the musical and film "Sweet Adeline;" inspired by the popular song
- Adeline
character from the Kirby video games
- "Sweet Adeline
" popular song written by Henry Armstrong, a barbershop standard
- "Adeline
" song by Brian Wright
- Adeline Records
American record label