How Many People Are Named Madelyn?
people named Madelyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,190 people in the US has this name
Based on 116,060 babies named Madelyn in Social Security records from 1890 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
4,572 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MADELINE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Madelyn in English. Counting Madelyn and these spellings together, about 348,883 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Madelyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Madelyn alive today is about 16 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 21 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Madelyn first appears in the records in 1890 and was given most often in 2008, to 4,572 babies. In 2025, 3,362 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1890 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Madelyn never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #58, in 2023, and it was in the top 100 for 18 years, 2008 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #71.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #71 |
| Best rank | #58 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (2008 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #66 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Madelyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Madelyn were born in Texas than in any other state: about 9,276 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Madelyn was given 1.9 times as often in Maine, 1.8 times in New Hampshire and 1.7 times in Wisconsin.
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