Madilyn Girl
How popular is Madilyn?
#464 girl name in 2025
662 baby girls were named Madilyn in the US in 2025, making it the 464th most popular girl name.
Madilyn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #464 for girls (▼ 43 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 662 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-36% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #316 in 2015, #326 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (1,169 girls) |
| Highest rank | #287 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madilyn 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 Madilyn is most popular
Babies named Madilyn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.5 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Alaska: 1.4 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.3 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.2 per 1,000 (104 girls)
Madilyn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,427 |
| 1940s | 32 | #3,033 |
| 1950s | 29 | #3,960 |
| 1970s | 16 | #7,678 |
| 1980s | 75 | #3,887 |
| 1990s | 1,191 | #782 |
| 2000s | 6,936 | #288 |
| 2010s | 10,129 | #287 |
| 2020s | 5,193 | #319 |
Girl names about as popular as Madilyn
Questions
- Is Madilyn a boy or girl name?
- Madilyn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Madilyn were girls.
- How popular is the name Madilyn?
- 662 baby girls were named Madilyn in the US in 2025, making it the 464th most popular girl name.
- When was Madilyn most popular?
- Madilyn peaked in 2008, when 1,169 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #287 in 2012.
- How many people are named Madilyn?
- 23,632 babies have been named Madilyn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 23,436 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Madilyn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madilyn was most common in West Virginia, at 1.5 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.