Adeline
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Adeline is also given to boys.
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.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #220 | 1,530 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #135 | 2,412 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #63 | 4,119 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #64 | 3,937 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #78 | 3,490 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #91 | 3,077 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #99 | 2,719 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #94 | 2,770 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #92 | 2,825 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #71 | 3,088 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #58 | 3,723 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #59 | 3,864 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Adeline on lists
Famous Adelines
- Adeline Pond AdamsGirl
American novelist
- Adeline AndreGirl
French fashion designer
- Adeline CanacGirl
French pair skater
- Adeline GeneeGirl
Danish,British ballerina
- Adeline HazanGirl
French MEP
- Adeline De Walt ReynoldsGirl
American actress
- Adeline Louisa Maria de HorseyGirl
Countess of Cardigan
- Adeline KerrarGirl
American basebal player
- Adeline KnappGirl
American journalist and author
- Adeline McKinlayGirl
American tennis player
- Adeline Dutton Train WhitneyGirl
American poet and author
- Adeline Virginia WoolfGirl
English novelist
- Adeline Yen MahGirl
Chinese,American writer and physician
- Adeline Helberg (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of actor Simon Helberg and Jocelyn Towne
- Adeline Phelps (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of baseball player David Phelps
- Adeline Pauline Zamprogna (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actor Dominic Zamprogna
- Adeline Bernthal (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actor Jon Bernthal
Adeline in pop culture
- Adeline LunaGirl
'Olive Chancellor's affected widowed sister' in The Bostonians (1886) by Henry James
- Adeline MarchGirl
character in novel "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield
- Adeline SchmidtGirl
character in the musical and film "Sweet Adeline;" inspired by the popular song
- AdelineGirl
character from the Kirby video games
- "Sweet AdelineGirl
" popular song written by Henry Armstrong, a barbershop standard
- "AdelineGirl
" song by Brian Wright
- Adeline RecordsGirl
American record label
Variations & nicknames
More nicknames
- AddieGirl
- AdaGirl
- AdalinaGirl
- AdalineGirl
- AdallinaGirl
- AdelaineGirl
- AdelinGirl
- AdelindGirl
- AdelitaGirl
- AdeliyaGirl
- AdellaGirl
- AdellahGirl
- AdelleGirl
- AdelynGirl
- AdelynnGirl
- AdelynneGirl
- AdileneGirl
- AdlinGirl
- AdlinaGirl
- AdlineGirl
- AdlynGirl
- AdlynnGirl
- AhdellaGirl
- AlineGirl
- DahlinaGirl
- DalinaGirl
- DalineGirl
- DallinaGirl
- DelinaGirl
- DelineGirl
- DellinaGirl
- DellyGirl
- DelyneGirl
- EdelieGirl
- LinaGirl