Madolyn
Madolyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192145 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1896
- 1,743people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,743 girls have been named Madolyn in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 45 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 45 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1948, and the 2000s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madolyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 55 | |
| 1910s | 227 | |
| 1920s | 275 | |
| 1930s | 160 | |
| 1940s | 163 | |
| 1950s | 103 | |
| 1960s | 47 | |
| 1970s | 6 | |
| 1980s | 47 | |
| 1990s | 205 | |
| 2000s | 300 | |
| 2010s | 131 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Madolyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Madolyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Madlynpeak 1922
- Gladispeak 1990
- Genevivepeak 1923
- Jewelpeak 1920
- Madelenepeak 1921
- Madalinepeak 1918
- Madelonpeak 1920
- Maryannapeak 2005
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.