Name profile

Aline

Medieval short form of Adeline.

PronunciationFrench /a.lin/; Portuguese /a.ˈlĩ.ni/; English /ə.ˈlin/
Usage languagesDutch, English, French, Portuguese
US rank (2025)#3,459

Meaning and history

Aline is a medieval short form of Adeline, and in modern English usage it has sometimes been regarded as a variant of Eileen. It was also the title of a popular 1965 song by the French singer Christophe.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 65 births, rank #2,728
2007: 65 births, rank #2,787
2008: 52 births, rank #3,222
2009: 68 births, rank #2,672
2010: 57 births, rank #2,976
20112011: 58 births, rank #2,945
2012: 50 births, rank #3,267
2013: 45 births, rank #3,465
2014: 30 births, rank #4,657
2015: 51 births, rank #3,211
20162016: 43 births, rank #3,588
2017: 37 births, rank #3,996
2018: 39 births, rank #3,789
2019: 28 births, rank #4,773
2020: 43 births, rank #3,498
20212021: 42 births, rank #3,614
2022: 38 births, rank #3,893
2023: 36 births, rank #4,047
2024: 33 births, rank #4,294
20252025: 44 births, rank #3,459

Aline moved from #867 to #975 for girls between 1952 and 1953. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 445 births.