Madelyn
Madelyn is ranked 65th among girls in 2024 (3,364 births). Its best rank was 58th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #65down 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,3640.21% of girls
- Peak year
- 20084,566 births
- Best rank
- #58in 2023
- Since 1890
- 112,627people given the name
The story in the numbers
112,627 girls have been named Madelyn in the United States since 1890, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 4,566 births — 0.24% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 60 → 65).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 111 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 17 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madelyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 156 | |
| 1900s | 417 | |
| 1910s | 1,924 | |
| 1920s | 2,869 | |
| 1930s | 1,628 | |
| 1940s | 2,297 | |
| 1950s | 1,960 | |
| 1960s | 1,140 | |
| 1970s | 870 | |
| 1980s | 1,206 | |
| 1990s | 8,641 | |
| 2000s | 32,619 | |
| 2010s | 39,195 | |
| 2020s | 17,705 |
In 2008, its biggest year
Madelyn was the 64th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Madelyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nathaliapeak 2006
- Madelynnpeak 2009
- Emelynpeak 2013
- Myraclepeak 2019
- Zoepeak 2012
- Dariannapeak 2013
- Umapeak 2006
- Oliviapeak 2014
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.