Madilyn

#464 for girls in 2025, 662 births

Peak · girls
2012 · 1,101 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
23,632
since 1924

Madilyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Madilyn has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #287, 2012girls
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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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#464662
2024#421741
2023#360848
2022#331973
2021#3191,019
2020#326950
2019#3181,006
2018#328989
2017#338951
2016#3261,005
2015#3161,028
2014#3031,078
2013#341947
2012#2871,101
2011#2991,057
2010#332967
2009#2901,147
2008#2881,169
2007#383860
2006#435732
2005#499610
2004#504584
2003#533530
2002#568466
2001#574447
2000#640391
1999#783282
1998#800265
1997#1,066178
1996#1,261138
1995#1,482107
1994#1,90574
1993#2,60047
1992#2,51350
1991#3,54030
1990#4,69420
1989#3,89325
1988#5,06516
1987#4,85716
1986#5,75712
1985#9,3076
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1977#9,6525
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1975#9,0675
1974#7,6806
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1957#6,0865
1956#5,3256
1955#5,8285
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1951#5,4145
1950#3,9628
1949#4,6736
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1946#3,03411
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First appearance
1924

The first year at least five girls were named Madilyn! It came in at #4,002, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1925–1937, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Madilyn is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedAKMaine: #95 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 310 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #136 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 445 girlsNHWashington: #360 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,520 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedIDMontana: #191 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 546 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #297 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,175 girlsMNIllinois: #520 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,433 girlsILWisconsin: #331 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,391 girlsWIMichigan: #294 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,258 girlsMINew York: #600 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,989 girlsNYMassachusetts: #438 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,051 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedRIOregon: #388 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,555 girlsORNevada: #214 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 817 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedSDIowa: #305 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,116 girlsIAIndiana: #263 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,061 girlsINOhio: #327 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,417 girlsOHPennsylvania: #269 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,118 girlsPANew Jersey: #710 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,592 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #507 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 2,560 girlsCAUtah: #666 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,337 girlsUTColorado: #233 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 968 girlsCONebraska: #253 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 833 girlsNEMissouri: #284 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,152 girlsMOKentucky: #195 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 739 girlsKYWest Virginia: #112 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 402 girlsWVVirginia: #380 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsVAMaryland: #374 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,459 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedDEArizona: #193 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 864 girlsAZNew Mexico: #258 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 831 girlsNMKansas: #224 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 804 girlsKSArkansas: #213 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 787 girlsARTennessee: #169 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 742 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #271 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,184 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #189 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 769 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #161 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 680 girlsOKLouisiana: #353 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,399 girlsLAMississippi: #156 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 597 girlsMSAlabama: #198 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 813 girlsALGeorgia: #275 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,156 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Madilyn, so not publishedHITexas: #342 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 1,673 girlsTXFlorida: #447 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 2,075 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maine#95 · 1 in 310
  2. West Virginia#112 · 1 in 402
  3. New Hampshire#136 · 1 in 445
  4. Mississippi#156 · 1 in 597
  5. Oklahoma#161 · 1 in 680

Best ever in a state: #56 in Montana, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maine#95111 in 310
West Virginia#112141 in 402
New Hampshire#13681 in 445
Mississippi#156181 in 597
Oklahoma#161231 in 680
Tennessee#169421 in 742
South Carolina#189231 in 769
Montana#19151 in 546
Arizona#193341 in 864
Kentucky#195241 in 739
Alabama#198231 in 813
Arkansas#213141 in 787
Nevada#214131 in 817
Kansas#224151 in 804
Colorado#233231 in 968
Nebraska#25391 in 833
New Mexico#25871 in 831
Indiana#263281 in 1,061
Pennsylvania#269451 in 1,118
North Carolina#271381 in 1,184
Georgia#275401 in 1,156
Missouri#284231 in 1,152
Michigan#294321 in 1,258
Minnesota#297201 in 1,175
Iowa#305111 in 1,116
Ohio#327361 in 1,417
Wisconsin#331161 in 1,391
Texas#342951 in 1,673
Louisiana#353141 in 1,399
Washington#360201 in 1,520
Maryland#374161 in 1,459
Virginia#380221 in 1,634
Oregon#38891 in 1,555
Massachusetts#438121 in 2,051
Florida#447411 in 2,075
California#507741 in 2,560
Illinois#520221 in 2,433
New York#600291 in 2,989
Utah#66651 in 3,337
New Jersey#710101 in 3,592
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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 Madilyn
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 43 spots since 2024 (#421 → #464)
  • 138 spots since 2020 (#326 → #464)
  • 148 spots since 2015 (#316 → #464)
  • Biggest jump: 266 spots in 1998 (#1,066 → #800)
  • Biggest drop: 61 spots in 2024 (#360 → #421)
Rise & fade · girls
88 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1924
  • Peaked 2012 at #287 (1,101 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,600
  • Highest: 1 in 1,600 girls born in 2012 were named Madilyn (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,428 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.9% of all girls named Madilyn (10,129) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s7#4,002 (1924)#4,002
1930s24#3,429 (1939)#3,886
1940s32#3,034 (1946)#3,676
1950s29#3,962 (1950)#5,323
1960s0——
1970s16#7,680 (1974)#8,800
1980s75#3,893 (1989)#5,776
1990s1,191#783 (1999)#2,064
2000s6,936#288 (2008)#471
2010s10,129#287 (2012)#319
2020s5,193#319 (2021)#370

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.

Madilyn in 2018

girls
#328
989 births · 1 in 1,720 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #328Madilyn989
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 1,720 of them was named Madilyn, which outranked 98.2% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madilyn
  1. #325Gabriela1,003
  2. #326Paislee999
  3. #327Raelyn993
  4. #328Madilyn989
  5. #328Makenna989
  6. #328Paris989
  7. #331Kinley984
  8. #332Talia983
  9. #333Gracelyn980

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →