How popular is the name Madilyn?

Madilyn ranks 673rd among girls' names in US records, with 34,639 births since 1924. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,090.

Is Madilyn a unisex name?

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

2008, when 1,657 children were given the name. It has been in use for 101 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Madilynn, Madilynne, Madielyn, Madielynn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#673 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 D AY1 L IH1 N (ARPABET)

Madilyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1924. It has been given to 34,639 children — the 673rd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2008, when 1,657 children were given it.

Four other spellings are counted in that total — Madilynn, Madilynne, Madielyn and one more — because they are pronounced identically.

20081,657

These spellings sound identical to Madilyn 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 Madilyn?: Madilyn ranks 673rd among girls' names in US records, with 34,639 births since 1924. Over the past decade it accounts for 15,090.
Is Madilyn a unisex name?: No. Madilyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Madilyn most popular?: 2008, when 1,657 children were given the name. It has been in use for 101 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Madilyn spelled?: Madilynn, Madilynne, Madielyn, Madielynn. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.