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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201941girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedMNIllinois: #467 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,791 girlsILWisconsin: #264 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,126 girlsWIMichigan: #286 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,191 girlsMINew York: #291 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,111 girlsNYMassachusetts: #208 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,980 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedSDIowa: #298 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,386 girlsIAIndiana: #295 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,198 girlsINOhio: #406 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,716 girlsOHPennsylvania: #415 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,547 girlsPANew Jersey: #308 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,646 girlsNJConnecticut: #222 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsCTCalifornia: #381 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,716 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #301 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,981 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedKSArkansas: #425 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,930 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,943 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedMSAlabama: #467 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,947 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Madelyn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#208 · 1 in 1,980
  2. Connecticut#222 · 1 in 2,040
  3. Wisconsin#264 · 1 in 3,126
  4. Michigan#286 · 1 in 3,191
  5. New York#291 · 1 in 3,111

Best ever in a state: #17 in New Hampshire, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#208161 in 1,980
Connecticut#22261 in 2,040
Wisconsin#26481 in 3,126
Michigan#286151 in 3,191
New York#291311 in 3,111
Indiana#29591 in 3,198
Iowa#29861 in 3,386
Missouri#301101 in 2,981
New Jersey#30881 in 3,646
California#381151 in 3,716
Ohio#406101 in 5,716
Pennsylvania#415121 in 6,547
Arkansas#42551 in 3,930
Alabama#46751 in 5,947
Illinois#46791 in 6,791
Louisiana#49051 in 4,943
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1941

girls
#463
225 births · 1 in 5,369 girls

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #463Madelyn225
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 5,369 of them was named Madelyn, which outranked 90.9% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madelyn
  1. #459Ginger226
  2. #459Joe226
  3. #459Trudy226
  4. #463Madelyn225
  5. #463Merle225
  6. #465Goldie224
  7. #465Millie224
  8. #465Ruthann224

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. 2,130Jerilyn#2,737#607
  2. 1,258Trina#2,109#851
  3. 372Karan#1,347#975
  4. 371Kristine#1,313#942
  5. 356Sherri#1,186#830
Fallers
  1. 447Kenneth#971#1,418
  2. 421Janna#997#1,418
  3. 366Beatriz#989#1,355
  4. 338Merna#997#1,335
  5. 337Eldora#957#1,294

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

See the top 100 for 1941