How popular is the name Madelyn?

Madelyn ranks 306th among girls' names in US records, with 133,145 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 44,716.

Is Madelyn a unisex name?

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

2008, when 5,514 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#306 of girl names

Pronounced M AE1 D IH0 L IH0 N (ARPABET)

Madelyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1890. It has been given to 133,145 children — the 306th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2008, when 5,514 children were given it.

2008Girls: 5,514Boys: 5

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 Madelyn?: Madelyn ranks 306th among girls' names in US records, with 133,145 births since 1890. Over the past decade it accounts for 44,716.
Is Madelyn a unisex name?: No. Madelyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Madelyn most popular?: 2008, when 5,514 children were given the name. It has been in use for 135 years and is still recorded as of 2024.