How rare is the name Madelin?

3,852 people in the United States have the first name Madelin, about 1 in 78,409. It ranks #4,717 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MADELIN

#4,717

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,852
About
1 in 78,409
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,852 people named Madelin, 64.6% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.4% as White and 1.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Madelin peaked in 2000, when 115 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18992025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
115
In 2025*
74 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,231 babies have been given the name since 1899. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Madelin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,309. The largest share of babies named Madelin, 44.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1890s#3,9395
1910s#5,12966
1920s#5,56893
1930s#7,69532
1940s#7,74737
1950s#9,69029
1960s#6,070112
1970s#4,830235
1980s#7,502156
1990s#4,181512
2000s#3,3091,009
2010s#5,094578
2020s#4,881367
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.3%
Silent Generation 1928–452.3%
Baby boom 1946–642.4%
Generation X 1965–8010.3%
Millennials 1981–9613.6%
Generation Z 1997–1244.8%
2013 and later22.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Madelin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Madelin has been most common in New York (3.2×), California (2.4×), and New Jersey (2.4×), and least common in Illinois (0.49×).

1,228 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Madelin

1 other first name also has 3,852 people.

#4,717 Stanislaw · 3,852

Either side of Madelin

#4,714 Aly · 3,854#4,716 Uyen · 3,853#4,717 Stanislaw · 3,852#4,719 Aidyn · 3,850

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Madelin, most common first.

#393 Madeline · 143,899#643 Madelyn · 82,365#1,119 Madeleine · 36,774#1,716 Madalyn · 17,973#1,804 Madilyn · 16,441#2,060 Madelynn · 13,187#5,378 Madelaine · 3,204#6,048 Madaline · 2,708

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