How popular is the name Madalyn?

Madalyn ranks 702nd among girls' names in US records, with 32,821 births since 1899. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,546.

Is Madalyn a unisex name?

No. Madalyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2008, when 1,712 children were given the name. It has been in use for 126 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Madalynn, Madalynne, Madalinn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#702 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 D AH0 L IH1 N (ARPABET)

Madalyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1899. It has been given to 32,821 children — the 702nd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 50% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2008, when 1,712 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Madalynn, Madalynne and Madalinn — because they are pronounced identically.

20081,712

These spellings sound identical to Madalyn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Madalyn?: Madalyn ranks 702nd among girls' names in US records, with 32,821 births since 1899. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,546.
Is Madalyn a unisex name?: No. Madalyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Madalyn most popular?: 2008, when 1,712 children were given the name. It has been in use for 126 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Madalyn spelled?: Madalynn, Madalynne, Madalinn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.