Madelyn
#70 for girls in 2025, 3,362 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 3,645 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 116,010since 1890
Madelyn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #70 | 3,362 | — | |
| 2024 | #65 | 3,373 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #58 | 3,645 | — | |
| 2022 | #60 | 3,724 | — | |
| 2021 | #71 | 3,429 | — | |
| 2020 | #66 | 3,552 | — | |
| 2019 | #72 | 3,581 | — | |
| 2018 | #72 | 3,652 | — | |
| 2017 | #63 | 3,967 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #62 | 4,241 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #59 | 4,486 | — | |
| 2014 | #60 | 4,312 | — | |
| 2013 | #68 | 3,940 | — | |
| 2012 | #67 | 3,795 | — | |
| 2011 | #79 | 3,604 | — | |
| 2010 | #76 | 3,621 | — | |
| 2009 | #59 | 4,496 | — | |
| 2008 | #64 | 4,567 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #104 | 3,216 | — | |
| 2006 | #113 | 2,949 | — | |
| 2005 | #107 | 3,021 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #111 | 3,006 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #115 | 2,985 | — | |
| 2002 | #119 | 2,852 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #121 | 2,844 | — | |
| 2000 | #125 | 2,684 | — | |
| 1999 | #164 | 1,896 | — | |
| 1998 | #162 | 1,928 | — | |
| 1997 | #252 | 1,160 | — | |
| 1996 | #323 | 865 | — | |
| 1995 | #365 | 716 | — | |
| 1994 | #455 | 561 | — | |
| 1993 | #516 | 475 | — | |
| 1992 | #578 | 404 | — | |
| 1991 | #637 | 351 | — | |
| 1990 | #735 | 284 | — | |
| 1989 | #803 | 237 | — | |
| 1988 | #974 | 170 | — | |
| 1987 | #917 | 181 | — | |
| 1986 | #845 | 197 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,991 | 51 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,700 | 64 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,399 | 87 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,641 | 70 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,261 | 101 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,255 | 98 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,370 | 82 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,316 | 82 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,316 | 83 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,226 | 89 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,339 | 75 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,133 | 97 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,473 | 69 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,201 | 94 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,139 | 95 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,123 | 90 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,142 | 86 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,096 | 92 | — | |
| 1965 | #952 | 115 | — | |
| 1964 | #943 | 125 | — | |
| 1963 | #997 | 114 | — | |
| 1962 | #967 | 121 | — | |
| 1961 | #831 | 160 | — | |
| 1960 | #870 | 142 | — | |
| 1959 | #777 | 172 | — | |
| 1958 | #748 | 177 | — | |
| 1957 | #745 | 178 | — | |
| 1956 | #811 | 150 | — | |
| 1955 | #688 | 185 | — | |
| 1954 | #633 | 207 | — | |
| 1953 | #590 | 226 | — | |
| 1952 | #639 | 193 | — | |
| 1951 | #574 | 223 | — | |
| 1950 | #517 | 248 | — | |
| 1949 | #508 | 256 | — | |
| 1948 | #530 | 244 | — | |
| 1947 | #528 | 250 | — | |
| 1946 | #480 | 270 | — | |
| 1945 | #557 | 174 | — | |
| 1944 | #514 | 197 | — | |
| 1943 | #505 | 218 | — | |
| 1942 | #436 | 278 | — | |
| 1941 | #463 | 225 | — | |
| 1940 | #510 | 185 | — | |
| 1939 | #460 | 211 | — | |
| 1938 | #488 | 186 | — | |
| 1937 | #510 | 165 | — | |
| 1936 | #620 | 113 | — | |
| 1935 | #578 | 124 | — | |
| 1934 | #482 | 175 | — | |
| 1933 | #541 | 138 | — | |
| 1932 | #510 | 164 | — | |
| 1931 | #506 | 164 | — | |
| 1930 | #485 | 188 | — | |
| 1929 | #455 | 209 | — | |
| 1928 | #439 | 239 | — | |
| 1927 | #422 | 265 | — | |
| 1926 | #401 | 293 | — | |
| 1925 | #396 | 300 | — | |
| 1924 | #384 | 315 | — | |
| 1923 | #378 | 310 | — | |
| 1922 | #373 | 305 | — | |
| 1921 | #366 | 331 | — | |
| 1920 | #381 | 302 | — | |
| 1919 | #382 | 285 | — | |
| 1918 | #394 | 275 | — | |
| 1917 | #386 | 266 | — | |
| 1916 | #401 | 246 | — | |
| 1915 | #414 | 209 | — | |
| 1914 | #348 | 227 | — | |
| 1913 | #389 | 155 | — | |
| 1912 | #414 | 125 | — | |
| 1911 | #489 | 71 | — | |
| 1910 | #503 | 65 | — | |
| 1909 | #445 | 69 | — | |
| 1908 | #567 | 43 | — | |
| 1907 | #545 | 44 | — | |
| 1906 | #453 | 57 | — | |
| 1905 | #600 | 34 | — | |
| 1904 | #545 | 37 | — | |
| 1903 | #467 | 47 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #543 | 39 | — | |
| 1899 | #578 | 28 | — | |
| 1898 | #650 | 25 | — | |
| 1897 | #699 | 20 | — | |
| 1896 | #610 | 26 | — | |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #865 | 12 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Madelyn! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1892, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Madelyn is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#216 · 1 in 2,130
- New Jersey#271 · 1 in 2,871
- Michigan#319 · 1 in 3,975
- New York#321 · 1 in 3,450
- Indiana#347 · 1 in 3,837
Best ever in a state: #17 in New Hampshire, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #216 | 5 | 1 in 2,130 |
| New Jersey | #271 | 9 | 1 in 2,871 |
| Michigan | #319 | 11 | 1 in 3,975 |
| New York | #321 | 26 | 1 in 3,450 |
| Indiana | #347 | 7 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Minnesota | #359 | 5 | 1 in 4,540 |
| Pennsylvania | #364 | 15 | 1 in 5,000 |
| Missouri | #373 | 7 | 1 in 3,995 |
| Ohio | #396 | 10 | 1 in 5,270 |
| California | #440 | 11 | 1 in 4,539 |
| Oklahoma | #444 | 5 | 1 in 4,033 |
| Illinois | #452 | 9 | 1 in 6,251 |
| Alabama | #493 | 5 | 1 in 5,907 |
| Texas | #881 | 5 | 1 in 12,020 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 5 spots since 2024 (#65 → #70)
- 4 spots since 2020 (#66 → #70)
- 11 spots since 2015 (#59 → #70)
- Biggest jump: 895 spots in 1986 (#1,740 → #845)
- Biggest drop: 156 spots in 1901 (#543 → #699)
Rise & fade · girls
133 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 2023 at #58 (3,645 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 2008–2025
- Top 1,000: 113 yrs · run 1893–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 398
- Highest: 1 in 398 girls born in 2015 were named Madelyn (0.25%)
- Latest: 1 in 478 girls born in 2025 (0.21%)
- Its best rank, #58 in 2023, was only 1 in 440 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 33.8% of all girls named Madelyn (39,199) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 156 | #578 (1899) | #871 |
| 1900s | 417 | #445 (1909) | #551 |
| 1910s | 1,924 | #348 (1914) | #412 |
| 1920s | 2,869 | #366 (1921) | #400 |
| 1930s | 1,628 | #460 (1939) | #518 |
| 1940s | 2,297 | #436 (1942) | #503 |
| 1950s | 1,959 | #517 (1950) | #672 |
| 1960s | 1,140 | #831 (1961) | #1,006 |
| 1970s | 870 | #1,133 (1972) | #1,289 |
| 1980s | 1,206 | #803 (1989) | #1,346 |
| 1990s | 8,640 | #162 (1998) | #419 |
| 2000s | 32,620 | #59 (2009) | #104 |
| 2010s | 39,199 | #59 (2015) | #68 |
| 2020s | 21,085 | #58 (2023) | #65 |
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.
Madelyn in 1940
girls
#510
185 births · 1 in 6,181 girls
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,181 of them was named Madelyn, which outranked 89.9% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Madelyn
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.