Madalyn Girl
How popular is Madalyn?
#946 girl name in 2025
273 baby girls were named Madalyn in the US in 2025, making it the 946th most popular girl name.
Madalyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #946 for girls (▼ 17 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 273 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #565 in 2015, #818 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,144 girls) |
| Highest rank | #292 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1899 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madalyn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Madelyn family of names ranked #13 for girls in 2025, with 8,811 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madelyn | 3,362 | 38% |
| Madeline | 3,086 | 35% |
| Madilyn | 662 | 8% |
| Madelynn | 573 | 7% |
| Madilynn | 315 | 4% |
| Madalyn | 273 | 3% |
| Madalynn | 161 | 2% |
| Maddilyn | 24 | 0% |
| Madelyne | 81 | 1% |
| Madelin | 74 | 1% |
| Maddilynn | 19 | 0% |
| Madaline | 20 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Madalyn is most popular
Babies named Madalyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 0.8 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Alabama: 0.6 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Missouri: 0.4 per 1,000 (44 girls)
Madalyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1900s | 111 | #965 |
| 1910s | 462 | #815 |
| 1920s | 613 | #760 |
| 1930s | 305 | #1,144 |
| 1940s | 450 | #1,069 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,249 |
| 1960s | 216 | #2,149 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,093 |
| 1980s | 570 | #1,120 |
| 1990s | 3,791 | #402 |
| 2000s | 8,724 | #292 |
| 2010s | 5,703 | #362 |
| 2020s | 1,734 | #818 |
Girl names about as popular as Madalyn
Questions
- Is Madalyn a boy or girl name?
- Madalyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Madalyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Madalyn?
- 273 baby girls were named Madalyn in the US in 2025, making it the 946th most popular girl name.
- When was Madalyn most popular?
- Madalyn peaked in 2008, when 1,144 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #292 in 2008.
- How many people are named Madalyn?
- 23,222 babies have been named Madalyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 21,368 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Madalyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madalyn was most common in West Virginia, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.