Madlyn
Madlyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 843rd, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192276 births
- Best rank
- #843in 1922
- Since 1898
- 2,370people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,370 girls have been named Madlyn in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1922, with 76 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madlyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | |
| 1900s | 76 | |
| 1910s | 331 | |
| 1920s | 480 | |
| 1930s | 265 | |
| 1940s | 259 | |
| 1950s | 194 | |
| 1960s | 130 | |
| 1970s | 45 | |
| 1980s | 16 | |
| 1990s | 135 | |
| 2000s | 252 | |
| 2010s | 133 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
In 1922, its biggest year
Madlyn was the 843rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1922 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1922.
Names that rose and fell with Madlyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Genevivepeak 1923
- Alycepeak 1921
- Madelonpeak 1920
- Madolynpeak 1921
- Carmelapeak 1923
- Magdalinepeak 1921
- Carmellapeak 1922
- Marcellapeak 1922
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.