Adeline

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Adeline: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Adeline: Recorded since 1965, its highest recorded position is #77, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#77highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2411
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#2167
2001	#2023
2002	#2540
2003	#3099
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#2137
2007	#2233
2008	#2721
2009	#2535
2010	#1901
2011	#1489
2012	#1720
2013	#1484
2014	#1456
2015	#643
2016	#573
2017	#370
2018	#370
2019	#317
2020	#385
2021	#355
2022	#322
2023	#283
2024	#247

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 30 of the 61 years from 1965 to 2025.

In 2025: #82 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, #381 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #297 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2018–2025
Highest recorded position: #77 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2024 (recorded 2018–2025).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #82 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Adeline appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 30 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 174 births with the name.

Adeline across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Adeline's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#297 (1965)	#259 (2024)	#381 (2025)	30 of 61	174 (1965–2025)	16 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#2411 (1997)	#247 (2024)	#247 (2024)	28 of 28	1,443 (1997–2024)	194 (2024)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#90 (2018)	#77 (2024)	#82 (2025)	7 of 8	559 (2018–2025)	91 (2024)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#298 (2021)	#264 (2023)	#407 (2024)	4 of 4	18 (2021–2024)	6 (2023)

Adeline by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Adeline in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	11	3 of 10	4
1970s	35	7 of 10	5
1980s	19	5 of 10	4
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	50	8 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	56	6 of 10	9

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Adeline appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #77 in New South Wales, Australia in 2024.

Adeline's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#247	194	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#283	159	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#322	135	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#355	131	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#385	114	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#317	149	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#370	122	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#370	124	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#573	73	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#643	64	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	87	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	female	#89	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	79	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#97	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	77	Insufficient	Not yet available
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#264	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#354	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	10	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	16	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	11	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	6	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#449	4	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#295	12	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #77, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 194 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 10 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 59 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Adelina · #247, 34y
Adelle · #391, 29y
Adelyn · #764, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chantelle · #78, 42y
Jodi · #78, 40y
Duncan · #79, 49y
Jonathon · #74, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Conall · #77, 60y
Diarmuid · #77, 62y
Edmond · #77, 60y
Karyn · #77, 24y

Adeline was ranked #77 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Adeline and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Adeline without appearing here.

Adeline moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2535 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #5707.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1484 and #4739.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #4688.
Cameron Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1428 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1484 and #4050.

Moved ahead of Adeline

Mila Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2411 and #3174 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #2701.
Matilda Compare
In 2009 they stood at #374 and #490 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #205.
Ivy Compare
In 2011 they stood at #389 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #907 and #371.
Elsie Compare
In 2009 they stood at #449 and #508 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #758 and #319.

Moved the opposite way to Adeline

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adeline went from #2411 to #247 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adeline went from #2411 to #247 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adeline went from #2411 to #247 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Adeline went from #2411 to #247 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Adeline

Anita Compare
Between 1965 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Adeline went from #297 to #420 and Anita from #148 to #905.
Joanne Compare
Between 1965 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Adeline went from #297 to #420 and Joanne from #194 to #747.
Judith Compare
Between 1965 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Adeline went from #297 to #420 and Judith from #129 to #905.
Rachael Compare
Between 1965 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Adeline went from #297 to #420 and Rachael from #297 to #747.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #77 in New South Wales, Australia in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Adeline

Adeline at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Adeline across 4 official records

Adeline by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Adeline appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Adeline

Adeline and the names beside it

Adeline moved ahead of

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Adeline at a glance

Adeline across 4 official records

Adeline by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Adeline appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Adeline

Adeline and the names beside it

Adeline moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Adeline

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Moved the same way as Adeline