Madalynn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-uh-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,367 for girls
Madalynn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 1,367th for girls in the US (161 babies).
What does Madalynn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Madalyn, itself a spelling of Madeline, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
A respelling of Madeline, the French form of Magdalene, after Mary Magdalene of the Gospels.
Meaning borrowed from Madalyn. More on Wiktionary.
Is Madalynn a girl's or a boy's name?
Madalynn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 161 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madalynn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,367th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 161 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were named Madalynn, making it the 1,367th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 989th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 557 girls. It first appears in the records in 1921.
2025 had fewer girls named Madalynn than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Madalynn in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,687 girls in the US were given Madalynn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #214, up from #1,367 for this spelling alone.
Madalynn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,367 |
| 2024 | 204 | #1,175 |
| 2023 | 193 | #1,225 |
| 2022 | 195 | #1,232 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,169 |
| 2020 | 258 | #989 |
| 2019 | 283 | #933 |
| 2018 | 297 | #905 |
| 2017 | 331 | #823 |
| 2016 | 356 | #799 |
| 2015 | 420 | #679 |
| 2014 | 438 | #652 |
| 2013 | 450 | #621 |
| 2012 | 446 | #640 |
| 2011 | 481 | #596 |
| 2010 | 508 | #575 |
| 2009 | 557 | #542 |
| 2008 | 527 | #589 |
| 2007 | 443 | #667 |
| 2006 | 342 | #797 |
| 2005 | 318 | #812 |
| 2004 | 301 | #824 |
| 2003 | 276 | #869 |
| 2002 | 249 | #898 |
| 2001 | 220 | #975 |
| 2000 | 194 | #1,063 |
| 1999 | 136 | #1,319 |
| 1998 | 137 | #1,298 |
| 1997 | 97 | #1,622 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 49 | #2,547 |
| 1994 | 33 | #3,367 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
Nicknames for Madalynn
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madalynn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Teagan, Brynn, Kennedy, Eden, Adalynn, Brooklyn, Braelynn, Rowan, Raelynn, Mckinley, Madison
Other spellings of Madalynn
Madilyn, Madilynn, Madalyn, Madelyne, Madelin, Madelaine, Maddilyn, Madelynne, Madaline, Maddilynn, Madelein
Names related to Madalynn
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Madalynn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madalynn, updated 20 October 2026.