Madalyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-uh-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #946 for girls
Madalyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 946th for girls in the US (273 babies).
What does Madalyn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Madeline, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
A respelling of Madeline, the French form of Magdalene, after Mary Magdalene of the Gospels.
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Is Madalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Madalyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 273 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madalyn in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Madalyn, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Madalyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Madalyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Madalyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 946th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 273 about 1 in 5,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 273 girls in the US were named Madalyn, making it the 946th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 818th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 1,144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.
Half of all the girls named Madalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,687 girls in the US were given Madalyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #214, up from #946 for this spelling alone.
Madalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 273 | #946 |
| 2024 | 285 | #929 |
| 2023 | 294 | #908 |
| 2022 | 261 | #1,003 |
| 2021 | 288 | #923 |
| 2020 | 333 | #818 |
| 2019 | 376 | #750 |
| 2018 | 384 | #733 |
| 2017 | 451 | #660 |
| 2016 | 490 | #612 |
| 2015 | 543 | #565 |
| 2014 | 595 | #519 |
| 2013 | 551 | #540 |
| 2012 | 692 | #451 |
| 2011 | 738 | #420 |
| 2010 | 883 | #362 |
| 2009 | 975 | #338 |
| 2008 | 1,144 | #292 |
| 2007 | 881 | #371 |
| 2006 | 915 | #359 |
| 2005 | 875 | #358 |
| 2004 | 758 | #401 |
| 2003 | 808 | #376 |
| 2002 | 832 | #357 |
| 2001 | 785 | #376 |
| 2000 | 751 | #384 |
| 1999 | 615 | #439 |
| 1998 | 682 | #402 |
| 1997 | 562 | #452 |
| 1996 | 444 | #532 |
| 1995 | 399 | #575 |
| 1994 | 301 | #696 |
| 1993 | 241 | #821 |
| 1992 | 215 | #908 |
| 1991 | 180 | #1,021 |
| 1990 | 152 | #1,133 |
| 1989 | 147 | #1,120 |
| 1988 | 116 | #1,260 |
| 1987 | 103 | #1,328 |
| 1986 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 37 | #2,093 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 33 | #2,307 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,195 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,452 |
| 1955 | 28 | #2,023 |
| 1954 | 41 | #1,584 |
| 1953 | 41 | #1,530 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,504 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,582 |
| 1950 | 54 | #1,249 |
| 1949 | 70 | #1,069 |
| 1948 | 66 | #1,094 |
| 1947 | 57 | #1,192 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,336 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 28 | #1,544 |
| 1943 | 52 | #1,112 |
| 1942 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,355 |
| 1940 | 27 | #1,477 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,424 |
| 1938 | 32 | #1,288 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,539 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 36 | #1,190 |
| 1933 | 32 | #1,262 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1931 | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,144 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,554 |
| 1928 | 39 | #1,222 |
| 1927 | 57 | #1,010 |
| 1926 | 77 | #836 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,225 |
| 1924 | 68 | #920 |
| 1923 | 91 | #760 |
| 1922 | 87 | #780 |
| 1921 | 81 | #813 |
| 1920 | 48 | #1,074 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 77 | #815 |
| 1917 | 56 | #923 |
| 1916 | 60 | #877 |
| 1915 | 64 | #820 |
| 1914 | 42 | #901 |
| 1913 | 39 | #840 |
| 1912 | 37 | #820 |
| 1911 | 18 | #1,031 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,290 |
| 1908 | 17 | #970 |
| 1907 | 14 | #1,037 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 14 | #965 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
Nicknames for Madalyn
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Molly, Isabelle, Mia, Madeleine, Mariam, Maddison, Abigail, Isabella, Madeline, Delilah, Evelyn, Ava
Other spellings of Madalyn
Madilyn, Madilynn, Madalynn, Madelyne, Madelin, Madelaine, Maddilyn, Madelynne, Madaline, Maddilynn, Madelein
Names related to Madalyn
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Madalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madalyn, updated 20 October 2026.