Madlyn

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1922 · 76 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,377
since 1898

Madlyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Madlyn has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #841, 1922girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024#10,2719
2023#11,1698
2022#6,98416
2021#11,1468
2020
2019#7,71614
2018#10,5459
2017#12,7137
2016#10,11310
2015#8,44713
2014#8,96612
2013#7,03117
2012#6,34120
2011#7,78315
2010#7,21717
2009#6,54420
2008#4,76131
2007#6,09322
2006#5,38325
2005#4,26732
2004#7,39115
2003#4,80426
2002#4,62126
2001#4,10730
2000#4,64925
1999#5,03921
1998#6,07316
1997#6,48314
1996#6,06415
1995#5,01919
1994#8,12210
1993#7,49811
1992#8,7349
1991#11,5096
1990#6,13114
1989#8,0379
1988#9,2447
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975#9,0675
1974#6,9007
1973#5,5809
1972#6,5587
1971#7,3886
1970#4,76111
1969#5,0579
1968#4,48910
1967#4,30010
1966#4,19810
1965#3,05017
1964#4,09611
1963#3,45814
1962#2,92218
1961#4,23910
1960#2,64921
1959#3,10415
1958#3,23214
1957#3,15014
1956#3,49312
1955#3,22513
1954#2,12225
1953#2,07125
1952#1,89228
1951#2,06423
1950#1,91125
1949#2,01323
1948#1,73929
1947#1,66133
1946#1,67828
1945#1,69924
1944#1,74223
1943#1,66426
1942#1,43832
1941#2,27214
1940#1,47727
1939#2,03816
1938#1,31631
1937#1,19636
1936#1,64021
1935#1,60622
1934#2,28913
1933#1,31130
1932#1,63422
1931#1,22735
1930#1,19739
1929#1,25735
1928#1,23938
1927#1,26139
1926#1,16643
1925#1,13646
1924#1,06953
1923#96659
1922#84176
1921#1,13645
1920#1,10346
1919#1,01051
1918#1,10244
1917#1,20536
1916#1,01346
1915#92751
1914#1,05932
1913#1,04027
1912#1,05524
1911#1,30013
1910#1,9357
1909#1,7637
1908#1,5478
1907#1,28910
1906#1,3219
1905#1,5387
1904#93815
1903#1,3188
1902#1,4387
1901
1900#1,9325
1899#1,3946
1898#1,3797
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First appearance
1898

The first year at least five girls were named Madlyn! It came in at #1,379, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1900–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Madlyn
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 2,937 spots since 2024 (#10,271#13,208)
  • 4,761 spots since 2015 (#8,447#13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 380 spots in 1904 (#1,318#938)
  • Biggest drop: 600 spots in 1905 (#938#1,538)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1898
  • Peaked 1922 at #841 (76 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1922–1923
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,803
  • Highest: 1 in 15,803 girls born in 1922 were named Madlyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 20.2% of all girls named Madlyn (480) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s13#1,379 (1898)#1,387
1900s76#938 (1904)#1,454
1910s331#927 (1915)#1,165
1920s480#841 (1922)#1,117
1930s265#1,196 (1937)#1,545
1940s259#1,438 (1942)#1,738
1950s194#1,892 (1952)#2,626
1960s130#2,649 (1960)#3,846
1970s45#4,761 (1970)#6,709
1980s16#8,037 (1989)#8,641
1990s135#5,019 (1995)#7,067
2000s252#4,107 (2001)#5,262
2010s134#6,341 (2012)#8,687
2020s47#6,984 (2022)#10,556

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.

Madlyn in 1923

girls
#966
59 births · 1 in 20,447 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #966Madlyn59
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 20,447 of them was named Madlyn, which outranked 83.2% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madlyn
  1. #953Vena60
  2. #953Vonda60
  3. #953Willene60
  4. #966Madlyn59
  5. #966Adaline59
  6. #966Adelia59
  7. #966Darleen59
  8. #976Bebe58
  9. #976Coletta58
  10. #976Eugene58

Tied with 9 names at #966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

See the top 100 for 1923