Baby name

Madelyn

Girl

Origin of the name

Madelyn is a form of Madeline, from the name of Mary Magdalene.

Rising name

The high point came in 2008, with 4,567 births and the No. 64 spot that year. The name is holding close to its all-time high. Its rank in 2025: No. 70. 34% of all babies named Madelyn since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

116,010births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 64rank at its peak, in 2008

Where babies named Madelyn are born

2008

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The darker the blue, the more common Madelyn is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Madelyn is most common in New Hampshire (1.6 times), Nevada (1.5) and Delaware (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Madilyn 23,632
Adelyn 23,612
Madalyn 23,222
Madelynn 18,937
Madelyne 3,502
Madelin 3,231

Names from the same era

Makayla · Jocelyn · Maggie · Isabelle · Nevaeh · Valeria

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