How Many People Are Named Madlyn?

1,112

people named Madlyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 307,360 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,377 babies named Madlyn in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,883

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,545

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Peak Year

1922

76 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: MAD-lin
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Variant of MADELINE.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Madlyn in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Madlyn alive today is about 45 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 73 in 2025.

Under 30 494
44.4%
30 to 59 161
14.5%
60 and over 457
41.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Madlyn first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1922, to 76 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Madlyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #843, in 1922. In 2025 it ranked #14,266.

Girls
Rank in 2025#14,266
Best rank#843 (1922)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,097 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Madlyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Madlyn were born in New York than in any other state: about 23 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Madlyn was given 5 times as often in Pennsylvania and 3.9 times in New York.

New York 23
Pennsylvania 10
Illinois 4
Texas 3

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