Female name

Adeline

1,654 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2025. Expression number: 5.

Origin

From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.

From Wiktionary, entry “Adeline”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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How many babies received it

From the official birth registers.

In England and Wales

2110200020102020

Peak in 2025: 211 births. 1,654 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It really came into use around 2011. It is still given: 830 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.

In the United States

4,120018801900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys

Peak in 2016: 4,126 births. 80,838 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 58th among girls' names in 2024. It is still given: 16,287 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.

In Ireland

160198020002020

Peak in 2024: 16 births. 174 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 52 births from 2021 to 2025.

Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.

Elsewhere in the world

The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.

CountryBirthsPeriodBest rank
France54,5801900–202527th in 1991
Switzerland890*1915–2025—
Argentina6202012–2023—
Quebec3401980–2025—

* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0.

The numbers of the name

Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.

A1D4E5L3I9N5E5

■ vowel · ■ consonant

Expression

All the letters: talents, the way you act.

5

freedom, change, movement

1 + 4 + 5 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 5 = 32 → 5

Soul

The vowels: what drives you deep down.

2

cooperation, sensitivity, connection

1 + 5 + 9 + 5 = 20 → 2

Personality

The consonants: what others notice first.

3

expression, creativity, sociability

4 + 3 + 5 = 12 → 3

Digits missing from the name
2, 6, 7, 8
Most frequent digit
5 · freedom, change, movement
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Your name and theirs

The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.