Madelyn
Madelyn or Madalyn is a feminine first name, a variant of Madeline or Madeleine. Notable people with these names include:
Meaning & Origin of Madelyn
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Madelyn or Madalyn is a feminine first name, a variant of Madeline or Madeleine. Notable people with these names include:
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The Story of Madelyn
Madelyn first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1890, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 4,566 Madelyns were born — ranking #64 that year. As of 2026, Madelyn ranks #65 for baby girls with 3,464 births, holding steady (-3%). In total, more than 120K Madelyns have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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About the name Madelyn
Madelyn is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1890 and has accumulated 120K births in the dataset. Madelyn's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #58. Use the chart and map above to compare Madelyn's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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