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
Rank among girls' names. Madelynn has never cracked the top 300 here.
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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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 2011
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#147 · 1 in 404
- Kentucky#156 · 1 in 634
- Maine#187 · 1 in 610
- South Dakota#207 · 1 in 606
- Wisconsin#223 · 1 in 977
Best ever in a state: #123 in South Dakota, 2002.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #147 | 7 | 1 in 404 |
| Kentucky | #156 | 29 | 1 in 634 |
| Maine | #187 | 6 | 1 in 610 |
| South Dakota | #207 | 5 | 1 in 606 |
| Wisconsin | #223 | 24 | 1 in 977 |
| New Hampshire | #228 | 5 | 1 in 790 |
| Virginia | #237 | 33 | 1 in 1,093 |
| Iowa | #249 | 13 | 1 in 957 |
| Kansas | #250 | 13 | 1 in 976 |
| Indiana | #257 | 28 | 1 in 1,084 |
| Minnesota | #270 | 20 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Michigan | #289 | 30 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Missouri | #290 | 21 | 1 in 1,288 |
| Ohio | #292 | 36 | 1 in 1,433 |
| Arkansas | #297 | 10 | 1 in 1,152 |
| South Carolina | #306 | 14 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Connecticut | #317 | 9 | 1 in 1,341 |
| West Virginia | #327 | 5 | 1 in 1,309 |
| Tennessee | #328 | 20 | 1 in 1,480 |
| Alabama | #339 | 13 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Georgia | #345 | 30 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Maryland | #350 | 15 | 1 in 1,599 |
| Washington | #364 | 19 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Oregon | #379 | 10 | 1 in 1,484 |
| Pennsylvania | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,956 |
| Oklahoma | #407 | 10 | 1 in 1,637 |
| Texas | #411 | 79 | 1 in 1,973 |
| Illinois | #420 | 30 | 1 in 1,982 |
| Arizona | #471 | 14 | 1 in 2,179 |
| Mississippi | #475 | 6 | 1 in 1,855 |
| Colorado | #476 | 11 | 1 in 2,036 |
| Utah | #501 | 8 | 1 in 2,244 |
| California | #542 | 69 | 1 in 3,009 |
| Louisiana | #548 | 8 | 1 in 2,441 |
| North Carolina | #553 | 16 | 1 in 2,760 |
| Florida | #591 | 25 | 1 in 3,181 |
| New Jersey | #681 | 10 | 1 in 3,696 |
| Massachusetts | #719 | 6 | 1 in 4,257 |
| New York | #746 | 23 | 1 in 4,033 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 6 spots since 2024 (#518 → #524)
- 43 spots since 2020 (#481 → #524)
- 109 spots since 2015 (#415 → #524)
- Biggest jump: 336 spots in 1997 (#1,279 → #943)
- Biggest drop: 56 spots in 2016 (#415 → #471)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 2009 at #374 (862 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 29 yrs · run 1997–2025
- 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%)
- 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.
Madelynn in 2011
Top girls' names in 2011
More about 2011
girls
1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 2,255 of them was named Madelynn, which outranked 97.9% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).