Madlyn
Madlyn was the 14271st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 843rd with 76 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,520 places. More babies were named Madlyn in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,271 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 192276 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,377babies recorded
Madlyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,271 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | #7,393 | 17 |
| 2000 | #4,733 | 25 |
| 1990 | #6,329 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | #4,949 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,695 | 21 |
| 1950 | #1,942 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1930 | #1,205 | 39 |
| 1920 | #1,111 | 46 |
| 1910 | #2,049 | 7 |
| 1900 | #2,105 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Madlyn, counting every spelling?
Madlyn is the most common spelling of a name family that had 17 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 17 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madlyn | 6 | #14,271 | 47 |
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 Madlyn?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Madlyn (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Madlyn 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 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Madlyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Madlyn?
About 1,100 people born in the US named Madlyn are alive today, with a median age of 35; half are between 20 and 73. That makes Madlyn mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Madlyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Madlyn, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Madlyn
How popular is the name Madlyn?
Madlyn was the 14271st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked 843rd with 76 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,520 places. More babies were named Madlyn in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Madlyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Madlyn in the US.