How rare is the name Madelyn?

82,365 people in the United States have the first name Madelyn, about 1 in 3,667. It ranks #643 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MADELYN

#643

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
82,365
About
1 in 3,667
This common or more
63%
Who bears it

Of the 82,365 people named Madelyn, 78.2% reported their origin as White, 13% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Madelyn peaked in 2008, when 4,572 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18902025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
4,572
In 2025*
3,362 ▼26%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 116,060 babies have been given the name since 1890. 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.

Madelyn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #171 in every decade from the 2010s to the 2020s. The largest share of babies named Madelyn, 42.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#1,269156
1900s#846417
1910s#7351,924
1920s#7362,869
1930s#9491,628
1940s#9112,297
1950s#1,1851,959
1960s#1,6861,140
1970s#2,116870
1980s#1,9651,206
1990s#6348,640
2000s#23132,653
2010s#17139,209
2020s#17121,092
Before 19010.2%
Greatest Generation 1901–274.1%
Silent Generation 1928–452.9%
Baby boom 1946–643.1%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1241.9%
2013 and later42.5%

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 Madelyn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Madelyn has been most common in New Hampshire (1.6×), Nevada (1.5×), and Delaware (1.4×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.22×).

111,223 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.

Either side of Madelyn

#641 Bernard · 82,518#642 Ashton · 82,425#644 Gladys · 81,883#645 Jan · 81,839

Spelled almost the same

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

#393 Madeline · 143,899#1,716 Madalyn · 17,973#1,804 Madilyn · 16,441#2,060 Madelynn · 13,187#3,053 Madilynn · 7,247#3,210 Madalynn · 6,707#4,717 Madelin · 3,852#6,266 Madelyne · 2,575

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