Madalyn
- #946 for girls in 2025, 273 births
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 1,144 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 23,222since 1899
Madalyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Madalyn has never cracked the top 200 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #946 | 273 |
| 2024 | #929 | 285 |
| 2023 | #908 | 294 |
| 2022 | #1,003 | 261 |
| 2021 | #923 | 288 |
| 2020 | #818 | 333 |
| 2019 | #750 | 376 |
| 2018 | #733 | 384 |
| 2017 | #660 | 451 |
| 2016 | #612 | 490 |
| 2015 | #565 | 543 |
| 2014 | #519 | 595 |
| 2013 | #540 | 551 |
| 2012 | #451 | 692 |
| 2011 | #420 | 738 |
| 2010 | #362 | 883 |
| 2009 | #338 | 975 |
| 2008 | #292 | 1,144 |
| 2007 | #371 | 881 |
| 2006 | #359 | 915 |
| 2005 | #358 | 875 |
| 2004 | #401 | 758 |
| 2003 | #376 | 808 |
| 2002 | #357 | 832 |
| 2001 | #376 | 785 |
| 2000 | #384 | 751 |
| 1999 | #439 | 615 |
| 1998 | #402 | 682 |
| 1997 | #452 | 562 |
| 1996 | #532 | 444 |
| 1995 | #575 | 399 |
| 1994 | #696 | 301 |
| 1993 | #822 | 241 |
| 1992 | #910 | 215 |
| 1991 | #1,024 | 180 |
| 1990 | #1,137 | 152 |
| 1989 | #1,123 | 147 |
| 1988 | #1,261 | 116 |
| 1987 | #1,329 | 103 |
| 1986 | #1,552 | 78 |
| 1985 | #3,621 | 23 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #3,253 | 26 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,307 | 33 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,585 | 41 |
| 1953 | #1,531 | 41 |
| 1952 | #1,505 | 41 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,250 | 54 |
| 1949 | #1,070 | 70 |
| 1948 | #1,095 | 66 |
| 1947 | #1,193 | 57 |
| 1946 | #1,337 | 42 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,113 | 52 |
| 1942 | #1,195 | 44 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,477 | 27 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,288 | 32 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,381 | 28 |
| 1934 | #1,190 | 36 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1931 | #1,635 | 22 |
| 1930 | #1,144 | 42 |
| 1929 | #1,555 | 25 |
| 1928 | #1,223 | 39 |
| 1927 | #1,010 | 57 |
| 1926 | #836 | 77 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #920 | 68 |
| 1923 | #760 | 91 |
| 1922 | #780 | 87 |
| 1921 | #813 | 81 |
| 1920 | #1,074 | 48 |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 |
| 1918 | #815 | 77 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #877 | 60 |
| 1915 | #820 | 64 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #840 | 39 |
| 1912 | #820 | 37 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #965 | 14 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
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First appearance
1899
The first year at least five girls were named Madalyn! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Madalyn is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- West Virginia#204 · 1 in 634
- Kentucky#383 · 1 in 1,568
- Indiana#444 · 1 in 1,861
- Alabama#633 · 1 in 2,617
- Virginia#662 · 1 in 3,067
Best ever in a state: #112 in West Virginia, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #204 | 8 | 1 in 634 |
| Kentucky | #383 | 11 | 1 in 1,568 |
| Indiana | #444 | 15 | 1 in 1,861 |
| Alabama | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,617 |
| Virginia | #662 | 11 | 1 in 3,067 |
| Pennsylvania | #689 | 14 | 1 in 3,335 |
| Tennessee | #707 | 10 | 1 in 3,207 |
| South Carolina | #773 | 5 | 1 in 3,658 |
| Louisiana | #776 | 5 | 1 in 3,274 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| Missouri | #811 | 6 | 1 in 4,050 |
| North Carolina | #834 | 11 | 1 in 4,226 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Texas | #949 | 30 | 1 in 5,351 |
| California | #965 | 28 | 1 in 5,776 |
| Florida | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 6,674 |
| Illinois | #1,113 | 7 | 1 in 6,333 |
| New York | #1,418 | 9 | 1 in 8,703 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Madalyn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 128 spots since 2020 (#818 → #946)
- Biggest jump: 827 spots in 1904
- Biggest drop: 333 spots in 1905
Rise & fade · girls
109 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 2008 at #292 (1,144 births)
- Births halved by 2013, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1992–2021
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,653
- Highest: 1 in 1,653 girls born in 2008 were named Madalyn (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,887 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 37.6% of all girls named Madalyn (8,724) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 111 | #965 (1904) | #1,203 |
| 1910s | 462 | #815 (1918) | #902 |
| 1920s | 613 | #760 (1923) | #1,020 |
| 1930s | 305 | #1,144 (1930) | #1,350 |
| 1940s | 450 | #1,070 (1949) | #1,280 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,250 (1950) | #1,841 |
| 1960s | 216 | #2,150 (1961) | #2,745 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,093 (1972) | #3,856 |
| 1980s | 570 | #1,123 (1989) | #2,967 |
| 1990s | 3,791 | #402 (1998) | #699 |
| 2000s | 8,724 | #292 (2008) | #361 |
| 2010s | 5,703 | #362 (2010) | #561 |
| 2020s | 1,734 | #818 (2020) | #921 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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