Given name

Addilyn

Addilyn is a feminine given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Addilyn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Addilyn through the years

Babies since 1880
9,862
5 boys · 9,857 girls
Most popular year
2016
1,045 babies
2025
256
#988 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−43%
Cooling
020040060020002025Highest share 2016159
Addilyn in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

Where it’s given

Most at home inNorth Dakota, Arkansas, Mississippi
FewerMore, relative to births Not published
2025 births by state of birth. Tiles are equal-sized so small states stay visible. Highest rates: North Dakota (5), Arkansas (9), Mississippi (7), Kentucky (10), Utah (9).

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 256 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 988 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,040 in 2016. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (24). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,971 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Addilyn’s family of names

In English usage, Addilyn has a related form in Adeline.

Walk Addilyn’s family in the name graph

AddilynAddilynnAdelineAddilyne

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Addilyn, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Adalynn

Adalynn is a feminine given name.

71CommonEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Addylynn

11Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Turkish · Modern

Aylin

“having a moonlit halo”

64FamiliarSteady

1% boys · 99% girls

Modern

Railynn

32RareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Ailen

38RareRising fast

1% boys · 99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Addilyn’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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