Madelyn

#70 for girls in 2025, 3,362 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2023 · 3,645 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
116,010
since 1890

Madelyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201901girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#703,362—
2024#653,373#9,8947
2023#583,645—
2022#603,724—
2021#713,429—
2020#663,552—
2019#723,581—
2018#723,652—
2017#633,967#12,2465
2016#624,241#12,1855
2015#594,486—
2014#604,312—
2013#683,940—
2012#673,795—
2011#793,604—
2010#763,621—
2009#594,496—
2008#644,567#12,5535
2007#1043,216—
2006#1132,949—
2005#1073,021#8,2998
2004#1113,006#5,49214
2003#1152,985—
2002#1192,852#9,3926
2001#1212,844—
2000#1252,684—
1999#1641,896—
1998#1621,928—
1997#2521,160—
1996#323865—
1995#365716—
1994#455561—
1993#516475—
1992#578404—
1991#637351—
1990#735284—
1989#803237—
1988#974170—
1987#917181—
1986#845197—
1985#1,74065—
1984#1,99151—
1983#1,70064—
1982#1,39987—
1981#1,64170—
1980#1,44884—
1979#1,261101—
1978#1,25598—
1977#1,37082—
1976#1,31682—
1975#1,31683—
1974#1,22689—
1973#1,33975—
1972#1,13397—
1971#1,47369—
1970#1,20194—
1969#1,13995—
1968#1,12390—
1967#1,14286—
1966#1,09692—
1965#952115—
1964#943125—
1963#997114—
1962#967121—
1961#831160—
1960#870142—
1959#777172—
1958#748177—
1957#745178—
1956#811150—
1955#688185—
1954#633207—
1953#590226—
1952#639193—
1951#574223—
1950#517248—
1949#508256—
1948#530244—
1947#528250—
1946#480270—
1945#557174—
1944#514197—
1943#505218—
1942#436278—
1941#463225—
1940#510185—
1939#460211—
1938#488186—
1937#510165—
1936#620113—
1935#578124—
1934#482175—
1933#541138—
1932#510164—
1931#506164—
1930#485188—
1929#455209—
1928#439239—
1927#422265—
1926#401293—
1925#396300—
1924#384315—
1923#378310—
1922#373305—
1921#366331—
1920#381302—
1919#382285—
1918#394275—
1917#386266—
1916#401246—
1915#414209—
1914#348227—
1913#389155—
1912#414125—
1911#48971—
1910#50365—
1909#44569—
1908#56743—
1907#54544—
1906#45357—
1905#60034—
1904#54537—
1903#46747—
1902#64826—
1901#69921—
1900#54339—
1899#57828—
1898#65025—
1897#69920—
1896#61026—
1895#81515—
1894#99810—
1893#86512—
1892#1,2786—
1891#1,0068—
1890#1,2106—
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First appearance
1890

The first year at least five girls were named Madelyn! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1892, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

Where Madelyn is popular in 1901

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Madelyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#65 → #70)
  • 4 spots since 2020 (#66 → #70)
  • 11 spots since 2015 (#59 → #70)
  • Biggest jump: 895 spots in 1986 (#1,740 → #845)
  • Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1901 (#543 → #699)
Rise & fade · girls
133 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1890
  • Peaked 2023 at #58 (3,645 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
  • Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1893–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 398
  • Highest: 1 in 398 girls born in 2015 were named Madelyn (0.25%)
  • Latest: 1 in 478 girls born in 2025 (0.21%)
  • Its best rank, #58 in 2023, was only 1 in 440 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.8% of all girls named Madelyn (39,199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s156#578 (1899)#871
1900s417#445 (1909)#551
1910s1,924#348 (1914)#412
1920s2,869#366 (1921)#400
1930s1,628#460 (1939)#518
1940s2,297#436 (1942)#503
1950s1,959#517 (1950)#672
1960s1,140#831 (1961)#1,006
1970s870#1,133 (1972)#1,289
1980s1,206#803 (1989)#1,346
1990s8,640#162 (1998)#419
2000s32,620#59 (2009)#104
2010s39,199#59 (2015)#68
2020s21,085#58 (2023)#65

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Madelyn in 1901

girls
#699
21 births · 1 in 11,397 girls

Top girls' names in 1901

  1. #1Mary13,136
  2. #2Helen5,247
  3. #3Anna4,923
  4. #4Margaret4,424
  5. #5Ruth3,974
  6. #6Elizabeth3,216
  7. #7Marie3,157
  8. #8Florence3,131
  9. #9Ethel3,067
  10. #10Lillian2,681
  11. #699Madelyn21
More about 1901

girls

239,345 girls got a published name in 1901; 1 in 11,397 of them was named Madelyn, which outranked 64.0% of the 1,943 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madelyn
  1. #684Myrtice22
  2. #684Oda22
  3. #684Rosalia22
  4. #699Madelyn21
  5. #699Albertine21
  6. #699Alverta21
  7. #699Arrie21
  8. #723Bethel20
  9. #723Carmella20
  10. #723Docia20

Tied with 23 names at #699; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1900
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,051Dellie#1,932 → #881
  2. ↑ 971Oneta#1,932 → #961
  3. ↑ 805Trula#1,723 → #918
  4. ↑ 762Dannie#1,723 → #961
  5. ↑ 704Thea#1,561 → #857
Fallers
  1. ↓ 846Leonore#833 → #1,679
  2. ↓ 709Syble#970 → #1,679
  3. ↓ 663Dellar#803 → #1,466
  4. ↓ 634Portia#705 → #1,339
  5. ↓ 633Dana#833 → #1,466

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1901 →