Madilyn
Madilyn was the 464th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 662 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 287th; the most babies were born in 2008 (1,169). Over the last ten years it has moved down 148 places. More babies were named Madilyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Madeline (Magdalene) · Hebrew/Aramaic (place name), Greek, French
Say it MAD-uh-lin /ˈmædəlɪn/
- Rank in 2025
- #464 girls, down 138 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 662girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20081,169 babies
- Total since 1880
- 23,632babies recorded
What does the name Madilyn mean?
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)
Nicknames for Madilyn
The usual nicknames for Madilyn are Maddie. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Madilyn in the last five years, 34 were named Maddie, against 24 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maddie · also for Madison, Madelyn, Madalyn | Modern | #927 | 1,462 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Madilyns go by each one.
Madilyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #464 | 662 |
| 2020 | #326 | 950 |
| 2010 | #332 | 967 |
| 2000 | #642 | 391 |
| 1990 | #4,799 | 20 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | #4,178 | 8 |
| 1940 | #4,156 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Madilyn, counting every spelling?
Madilyn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #316 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #464 for Madilyn 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 Madilyn?
662 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Madilyn (0.18 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Madilyn 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 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Madilyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Madilyn?
About 23,400 people born in the US named Madilyn are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 7 and 19. That makes Madilyn mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Madilyn by state
How common Madilyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in West Virginia (2.9×), Mississippi (2.6×), Kentucky (2.3×), Alabama (2.3×), Arkansas (2.2×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in New Jersey, California, New York.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Madilyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Madilyn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Madilyn · Sibling names for Madilyn
Questions about the name Madilyn
What does Madilyn mean?
Madilyn means “variant of Madeline (Magdalene)” (Hebrew/Aramaic (place name), Greek, French origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Madilyn?
Madilyn was the 464th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 662 babies. Its best year was 2012, when it ranked 287th; the most babies were born in 2008 (1,169). Over the last ten years it has moved down 148 places. More babies were named Madilyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Madilyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Madilyn in the US.
Where is Madilyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Madilyn was most common in West Virginia (1.53 per 1,000 girls), followed by Alaska and Mississippi.