Meaning not yet researched.
Madelyn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,362 in 2025. Its best rank was #58 in 2023.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #58 in 2023; #71 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Madelyn in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#71 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2023, at #58.
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Madelyn: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,362 girls in 2025. Peak: #58 in 2023 · most girls in one year: 4,567 (2008).
In 2025, 3,362 US girls were named Madelyn, making it the 71st most common girls’ name of the year, down 6 places from #65 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 3,373 girls named Madelyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #58, reached in 2023. The most girls given the name in a single year was 4,567, in 2008. For comparison, it was #59 in 2015 and #518 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Madelyn in 136 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 6 babies. In all, 116,060 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 39,209 babies named Madelyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 36,526 US girls were named Madelyn; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,241. In 2025 that was about 1 in 478 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Madelyn ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #39 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 30 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Madalyn (23,222 babies since 1880), Madelyne (3,502 babies since 1880), Madlyn (2,377 babies since 1880) and Madeline (207,630 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Madolyn, Madalena and Maddelyn are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Maddy and Madie.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Madolyn (1,743), Madalena (827), Maddelyn (751), Maddalyn (614), Maddelynn (233), Madeleyn (212), Madalen (140), Madylyn (106), Madellyn (75), Madylynn (66), Madylan (58), Madolynn (44), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Madelyn is listed as a nickname for Maddy, Madie.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 25 | #39 | #60 |
| Maine | 18 | #43 | #52 |
| Alabama | 69 | #43 | #46 |
| Connecticut | 53 | #49 | #72 |
| North Carolina | 155 | #51 | #51 |
| South Carolina | 64 | #52 | #49 |
| Tennessee | 105 | #54 | #35 |
| Virginia | 100 | #57 | #49 |
| Georgia | 124 | #58 | #54 |
| Massachusetts | 83 | #59 | #49 |
| Pennsylvania | 142 | #59 | #38 |
| Texas | 419 | #59 | #65 |
| Michigan | 105 | #60 | #43 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | #63 | #38 |
| New Jersey | 103 | #67 | #62 |
| Arizona | 80 | #67 | #62 |
| Maryland | 55 | #68 | #67 |
| Indiana | 81 | #69 | #68 |
| Illinois | 115 | #72 | #52 |
| Kentucky | 52 | #74 | #54 |
| West Virginia | 18 | #77 | #35 |
| Kansas | 36 | #78 | #38 |
| Ohio | 115 | #78 | #45 |
| Wisconsin | 57 | #80 | #32 |
| New York | 169 | #81 | #75 |
| Florida | 175 | #91 | #91 |
| California | 328 | #91 | #86 |
| Iowa | 32 | #93 | #52 |
| Mississippi | 24 | #93 | #54 |
| Idaho | 21 | #98 | #80 |
| Colorado | 51 | #101 | #69 |
| Delaware | 8 | #108 | #39 |
| Nebraska | 20 | #109 | #55 |
| Minnesota | 47 | #109 | #53 |
| Washington | 58 | #111 | #81 |
| Arkansas | 25 | #115 | #48 |
| Oklahoma | 31 | #116 | #123 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #128 | #31 |
| Nevada | 19 | #129 | #89 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #130 | #57 |
| Montana | 8 | #132 | #252 |
| New Mexico | 11 | #140 | #107 |
| Missouri | 42 | #147 | #60 |
| Louisiana | 28 | #149 | #85 |
| Oregon | 23 | #156 | #125 |
| Utah | 27 | #169 | #102 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,362 | #71 | — | — |
| 2024 | 3,373 | #65 | 7 | #10,529 |
| 2023 | 3,645 | #58 | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,724 | #60 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,429 | #71 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,552 | #66 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,581 | #72 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,652 | #72 | — | — |
| 2017 | 3,967 | #63 | 5 | #13,516 |
| 2016 | 4,241 | #62 | 5 | #13,453 |
| 2015 | 4,486 | #59 | — | — |
| 2014 | 4,312 | #60 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,940 | #68 | — | — |
| 2012 | 3,795 | #67 | — | — |
| 2011 | 3,604 | #79 | — | — |
| 2010 | 3,621 | #76 | — | — |
| 2009 | 4,496 | #59 | — | — |
| 2008 | 4,567 | #64 | 5 | #13,821 |
| 2007 | 3,216 | #104 | — | — |
| 2006 | 2,949 | #113 | — | — |
| 2005 | 3,021 | #107 | 8 | #8,798 |
| 2004 | 3,006 | #111 | 14 | #5,684 |
| 2003 | 2,985 | #115 | — | — |
| 2002 | 2,852 | #120 | 6 | #10,174 |
| 2001 | 2,844 | #121 | — | — |
| 2000 | 2,684 | #126 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,896 | #164 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,928 | #162 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,160 | #252 | — | — |
| 1996 | 865 | #323 | — | — |
| 1995 | 716 | #365 | — | — |
| 1994 | 561 | #455 | — | — |
| 1993 | 475 | #516 | — | — |
| 1992 | 404 | #578 | — | — |
| 1991 | 351 | #637 | — | — |
| 1990 | 284 | #735 | — | — |
| 1989 | 237 | #808 | — | — |
| 1988 | 170 | #976 | — | — |
| 1987 | 181 | #919 | — | — |
| 1986 | 197 | #846 | — | — |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1984 | 51 | #2,009 | — | — |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,707 | — | — |
| 1982 | 87 | #1,410 | — | — |
| 1981 | 70 | #1,655 | — | — |
| 1980 | 84 | #1,452 | — | — |
| 1979 | 101 | #1,265 | — | — |
| 1978 | 98 | #1,262 | — | — |
| 1977 | 82 | #1,372 | — | — |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,324 | — | — |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,322 | — | — |
| 1974 | 89 | #1,230 | — | — |
| 1973 | 75 | #1,347 | — | — |
| 1972 | 97 | #1,139 | — | — |
| 1971 | 69 | #1,483 | — | — |
| 1970 | 94 | #1,204 | — | — |
| 1969 | 95 | #1,146 | — | — |
| 1968 | 90 | #1,131 | — | — |
| 1967 | 86 | #1,144 | — | — |
| 1966 | 92 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 1965 | 115 | #956 | — | — |
| 1964 | 125 | #944 | — | — |
| 1963 | 114 | #999 | — | — |
| 1962 | 121 | #971 | — | — |
| 1961 | 160 | #832 | — | — |
| 1960 | 142 | #872 | — | — |
| 1959 | 172 | #779 | — | — |
| 1958 | 177 | #750 | — | — |
| 1957 | 178 | #747 | — | — |
| 1956 | 150 | #811 | — | — |
| 1955 | 185 | #691 | — | — |
| 1954 | 207 | #635 | — | — |
| 1953 | 226 | #591 | — | — |
| 1952 | 193 | #640 | — | — |
| 1951 | 223 | #575 | — | — |
| 1950 | 248 | #518 | — | — |
| 1949 | 256 | #510 | — | — |
| 1948 | 244 | #530 | — | — |
| 1947 | 250 | #530 | — | — |
| 1946 | 270 | #480 | — | — |
| 1945 | 174 | #558 | — | — |
| 1944 | 197 | #516 | — | — |
| 1943 | 218 | #506 | — | — |
| 1942 | 278 | #436 | — | — |
| 1941 | 225 | #463 | — | — |
| 1940 | 185 | #510 | — | — |
| 1939 | 211 | #461 | — | — |
| 1938 | 186 | #488 | — | — |
| 1937 | 165 | #512 | — | — |
| 1936 | 113 | #621 | — | — |
| 1935 | 124 | #581 | — | — |
| 1934 | 175 | #485 | — | — |
| 1933 | 138 | #543 | — | — |
| 1932 | 164 | #511 | — | — |
| 1931 | 164 | #508 | — | — |
| 1930 | 188 | #486 | — | — |
| 1929 | 209 | #457 | — | — |
| 1928 | 239 | #441 | — | — |
| 1927 | 265 | #423 | — | — |
| 1926 | 293 | #402 | — | — |
| 1925 | 300 | #396 | — | — |
| 1924 | 315 | #385 | — | — |
| 1923 | 310 | #379 | — | — |
| 1922 | 305 | #373 | — | — |
| 1921 | 331 | #367 | — | — |
| 1920 | 302 | #381 | — | — |
| 1919 | 285 | #382 | — | — |
| 1918 | 275 | #395 | — | — |
| 1917 | 266 | #386 | — | — |
| 1916 | 246 | #402 | — | — |
| 1915 | 209 | #416 | — | — |
| 1914 | 227 | #349 | — | — |
| 1913 | 155 | #390 | — | — |
| 1912 | 125 | #417 | — | — |
| 1911 | 71 | #491 | — | — |
| 1910 | 65 | #507 | — | — |
| 1909 | 69 | #452 | — | — |
| 1908 | 43 | #572 | — | — |
| 1907 | 44 | #549 | — | — |
| 1906 | 57 | #457 | — | — |
| 1905 | 34 | #607 | — | — |
| 1904 | 37 | #552 | — | — |
| 1903 | 47 | #469 | — | — |
| 1902 | 26 | #663 | — | — |
| 1901 | 21 | #714 | — | — |
| 1900 | 39 | #550 | — | — |
| 1899 | 28 | #589 | — | — |
| 1898 | 25 | #658 | — | — |
| 1897 | 20 | #708 | — | — |
| 1896 | 26 | #618 | — | — |
| 1895 | 15 | #851 | — | — |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 1893 | 12 | #889 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,382 | — | — |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,061 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,291 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).