Madlyn

Where Madlyn comes from

Madlyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1898
    First appearance
    #1,379 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1899
    Madlyn Davis born
    American classic blues singer
  3. 1922
    Peak, #841
    76 babies named Madlyn — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1928
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,239.
  5. 1935
    Madlyn Rhue born
    American actress
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Madlyn Rhue · American actress, 1935–2003
  • Madlyn Davis · American classic blues singer, born 1899

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.