Madelynn Girl
How popular is Madelynn?
#524 girl name in 2025
573 baby girls were named Madelynn in the US in 2025, making it the 524th most popular girl name.
Madelynn popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #524 for girls (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 573 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #415 in 2015, #481 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (862 girls) |
| Highest rank | #374 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1920 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Madelynn counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Madelyn family of names ranked #13 for girls in 2025, with 8,811 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Madelyn | 3,362 | 38% |
| Madeline | 3,086 | 35% |
| Madilyn | 662 | 8% |
| Madelynn | 573 | 7% |
| Madilynn | 315 | 4% |
| Madalyn | 273 | 3% |
| Madalynn | 161 | 2% |
| Maddilyn | 24 | 0% |
| Madelyne | 81 | 1% |
| Madelin | 74 | 1% |
| Maddilynn | 19 | 0% |
| Madaline | 20 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Madelynn is most popular
Babies named Madelynn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.5 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.0 per 1,000 (87 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.7 per 1,000 (118 girls)
- Indiana: 0.7 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.7 per 1,000 (73 girls)
Madelynn by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 37 | #2,956 |
| 1940s | 115 | #2,059 |
| 1950s | 102 | #2,936 |
| 1960s | 51 | #4,635 |
| 1970s | 27 | #8,290 |
| 1980s | 120 | #3,755 |
| 1990s | 1,447 | #629 |
| 2000s | 5,972 | #374 |
| 2010s | 7,322 | #397 |
| 2020s | 3,744 | #471 |
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Questions
- Is Madelynn a boy or girl name?
- Madelynn is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Madelynn were girls.
- How popular is the name Madelynn?
- 573 baby girls were named Madelynn in the US in 2025, making it the 524th most popular girl name.
- When was Madelynn most popular?
- Madelynn peaked in 2009, when 862 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #374 in 2009.
- How many people are named Madelynn?
- 18,937 babies have been named Madelynn in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,701 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Madelynn most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Madelynn was most common in West Virginia, at 1.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.