Madeleyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-e-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Madeleyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Madeleyn mean?
Hebrew: variant of Madeline, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
Mary Magdalene, a follower of Jesus and first witness of the Resurrection, is the source of the name.
Is Madeleyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Madeleyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madeleyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Madeleyn, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Madeleyn than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Madeleyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,105 girls in the US were given Madeleyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #21, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Madeleyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
Nicknames for Madeleyn
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Madeleyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Briella Oaklynn Elowyn Madilyn Sevyn Adalynn Lakelynn Lennon Braelynn Rynlee Brynlee Teagan
Other spellings of Madeleyn
Madelyn Madeline Madelynn Maddelyn Madalynne Maddeline Madalyne Madilynne Madilyne
Names related to Madeleyn
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, “Madeleyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madeleyn, updated 20 October 2026.