Madelyn Girl
How popular is Madelyn?
#70 girl name in 2025
3,362 baby girls were named Madelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 70th most popular girl name.
Madelyn popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #70 for girls (▼ 5 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,362 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #59 in 2015, #66 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (4,567 girls) |
| Highest rank | #58 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1890 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madelyn 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 Madelyn is most popular
Babies named Madelyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 6.9 per 1,000 (127 girls)
- Rhode Island: 5.5 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- Maine: 5.4 per 1,000 (83 girls)
- Delaware: 4.9 per 1,000 (56 girls)
- Connecticut: 4.2 per 1,000 (245 girls)
Madelyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 156 | #578 |
| 1900s | 417 | #445 |
| 1910s | 1,924 | #348 |
| 1920s | 2,869 | #366 |
| 1930s | 1,628 | #460 |
| 1940s | 2,297 | #436 |
| 1950s | 1,959 | #516 |
| 1960s | 1,140 | #831 |
| 1970s | 870 | #1,133 |
| 1980s | 1,206 | #801 |
| 1990s | 8,640 | #162 |
| 2000s | 32,620 | #59 |
| 2010s | 39,199 | #59 |
| 2020s | 21,085 | #58 |
Girl names about as popular as Madelyn
Questions
- Is Madelyn a boy or girl name?
- Madelyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Madelyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Madelyn?
- 3,362 baby girls were named Madelyn in the US in 2025, making it the 70th most popular girl name.
- When was Madelyn most popular?
- Madelyn peaked in 2008, when 4,567 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #58 in 2023.
- How many people are named Madelyn?
- 116,060 babies have been named Madelyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 107,458 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Madelyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madelyn was most common in New Hampshire, at 6.9 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.