Maddilyn
Maddilyn was the 5335th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 1981st with 101 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,300 places. More babies were named Maddilyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Madilyn) variant of Madeline (Magdalene) · Hebrew/Aramaic (place name), Greek, French
- Rank in 2025
- #5,335 girls, down 2,719 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2016101 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,350babies recorded
What does the name Maddilyn mean?
Maddilyn is a spelling of Madilyn, pronounced the same way, so it shares Madilyn's meaning and origin.
Madilyn is a modern spelling of Madeline. Madeline is the English form of French Madeleine, from Magdalene, the epithet of Mary Magdalene, "woman from Magdala", a town on the Sea of Galilee; DMNES gives this derivation. Wiktionary also mentions a Germanic Madalinde as a possible source of some forms. The -lyn spelling is a 21st-century American variant.
Μαγδαληνή (Koine Greek, “woman from Magdala”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Madeline, Madelyn, Madison, Magdalena.
See also: Hebrew names, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Madilyn', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Magdalene', DMNES, Durham University
- Wiktionary, entry 'Madeline', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
Maddilyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,335 | 24 |
| 2020 | #2,616 | 65 |
| 2010 | #2,961 | 58 |
| 2000 | #7,414 | 14 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maddilyn, counting every spelling?
Maddilyn is a spelling of Madilyn, a name family that ranked #316 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,335 for Maddilyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,039 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madilyn | 662 | #464 | 4,243 |
| Madilynn | 315 | #860 | 2,176 |
| Maddilyn | 24 | #5,335 | 235 |
| Maddilynn | 19 | #6,245 | 145 |
| Madilynne | 9 | #10,583 | 83 |
| Madylin | — | — | 34 |
| Madilyne | 5 | #16,353 | 28 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Maddilyn?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maddilyn (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maddilyn born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maddilyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maddilyn?
About 1,300 people born in the US named Maddilyn are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 7 and 15. That makes Maddilyn a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Maddilyn by state
How common Maddilyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Maddilyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maddilyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Maddilyn
What does Maddilyn mean?
Maddilyn is a spelling of Madilyn, which means “variant of Madeline (Magdalene)” (Hebrew/Aramaic (place name), Greek, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Maddilyn?
Maddilyn was the 5335th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 2016, when it ranked 1981st with 101 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,300 places. More babies were named Maddilyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Maddilyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maddilyn in the US.
Where is Maddilyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maddilyn was most common in Ohio (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and California.