Madelynn
- #524 for girls in 2025, 573 births
- Peak · girls
- 2009 · 862 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 18,937since 1920
Madelynn over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Madelynn has never cracked the top 300 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 | #524 | 573 |
| 2024 | #518 | 595 |
| 2023 | #490 | 623 |
| 2022 | #471 | 675 |
| 2021 | #490 | 642 |
| 2020 | #481 | 636 |
| 2019 | #460 | 676 |
| 2018 | #485 | 648 |
| 2017 | #458 | 692 |
| 2016 | #471 | 674 |
| 2015 | #415 | 770 |
| 2014 | #437 | 732 |
| 2013 | #400 | 767 |
| 2012 | #400 | 777 |
| 2011 | #403 | 780 |
| 2010 | #397 | 806 |
| 2009 | #374 | 862 |
| 2008 | #387 | 831 |
| 2007 | #472 | 680 |
| 2006 | #550 | 534 |
| 2005 | #548 | 524 |
| 2004 | #547 | 520 |
| 2003 | #541 | 515 |
| 2002 | #519 | 527 |
| 2001 | #537 | 498 |
| 2000 | #541 | 481 |
| 1999 | #652 | 354 |
| 1998 | #629 | 370 |
| 1997 | #943 | 211 |
| 1996 | #1,279 | 135 |
| 1995 | #1,346 | 122 |
| 1994 | #1,770 | 82 |
| 1993 | #2,451 | 51 |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 |
| 1991 | #2,886 | 40 |
| 1990 | #3,227 | 34 |
| 1989 | #4,020 | 24 |
| 1988 | #3,805 | 24 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
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| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | — | |
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| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
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| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
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| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 |
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First appearance
1920
The first year at least five girls were named Madelynn! It came in at #3,598, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Madelynn is popular in 2025
- 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
- West Virginia#181 · 1 in 564
- Maine#209 · 1 in 623
- Wisconsin#274 · 1 in 1,066
- Kentucky#286 · 1 in 1,150
- Nebraska#296 · 1 in 1,014
Best ever in a state: #123 in South Dakota, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #181 | 9 | 1 in 564 |
| Maine | #209 | 5 | 1 in 623 |
| Wisconsin | #274 | 19 | 1 in 1,066 |
| Kentucky | #286 | 15 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Nebraska | #296 | 7 | 1 in 1,014 |
| Alabama | #318 | 15 | 1 in 1,221 |
| Oklahoma | #340 | 12 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Iowa | #354 | 9 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Nevada | #374 | 7 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Indiana | #377 | 18 | 1 in 1,550 |
| Texas | #391 | 85 | 1 in 1,889 |
| Virginia | #396 | 20 | 1 in 1,687 |
| Tennessee | #409 | 19 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Ohio | #416 | 27 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Arizona | #446 | 15 | 1 in 1,881 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Kansas | #497 | 6 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Michigan | #504 | 16 | 1 in 2,233 |
| Georgia | #509 | 22 | 1 in 2,055 |
| Washington | #541 | 12 | 1 in 2,405 |
| North Carolina | #581 | 18 | 1 in 2,582 |
| Pennsylvania | #595 | 17 | 1 in 2,746 |
| Oregon | #619 | 5 | 1 in 2,610 |
| Colorado | #634 | 8 | 1 in 2,916 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| Florida | #674 | 25 | 1 in 3,470 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| California | #687 | 45 | 1 in 3,594 |
| South Carolina | #688 | 6 | 1 in 3,048 |
| Illinois | #709 | 13 | 1 in 3,410 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| New York | #790 | 20 | 1 in 3,916 |
| Maryland | #840 | 5 | 1 in 3,997 |
| New Jersey | #1,036 | 6 | 1 in 5,917 |
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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 Madelynn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 43 spots since 2020 (#481 → #524)
- Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1997
- Biggest drop: 56 spots in 2016
Rise & fade · girls
89 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 2009 at #374 (862 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 29 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,131
- Highest: 1 in 2,131 girls born in 2009 were named Madelynn (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,805 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 38.7% of all girls named Madelynn (7,322) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 37 | #2,958 (1922) | #3,906 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 115 | #2,060 (1945) | #2,882 |
| 1950s | 102 | #2,937 (1951) | #3,786 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,636 (1964) | #5,844 |
| 1970s | 27 | #8,292 (1972) | #8,854 |
| 1980s | 120 | #3,757 (1986) | #6,789 |
| 1990s | 1,447 | #629 (1998) | #1,776 |
| 2000s | 5,972 | #374 (2009) | #502 |
| 2010s | 7,322 | #397 (2010) | #433 |
| 2020s | 3,744 | #471 (2022) | #496 |
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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