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Madelyn

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAD-a-lin
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#826 for girls
US rank, 2025
#70 for girls

Madelyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 826th for girls in the UK (47 babies) and 70th for girls in the US (3,362 babies).

What does Madelyn mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Madeline, from Magdalene

“woman of Magdala”

Spelling of Madeline, ultimately from the byname of Mary Magdalene.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Madelyn a girl's or a boy's name?

Madelyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 girls in the UK and 3,362 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Madelyn in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#826among girls
Babies in 2025
47about 1 in 5,900 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 56% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were named Madelyn, making it the 826th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,213th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 54 girls.

Half of all the girls named Madelyn in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 208 girls in the UK were given Madelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #255, up from #826 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 778th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 54 in 20232025
Madelyn in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202547#826
202435#1,046
202354#727
202244#864
202133#1,109
202029#1,213
201929#1,220
201829#1,237
201749#851
201637#1,037
201528#1,276
201430#1,209
201343#930
201235#1,078
201120#1,570
201028#1,229
200927#1,212
200812#2,156
200738#893
200627#1,087
200527#1,022
200432#910
200323#1,087
200216#1,333
200115#1,398
200015#1,348
199911#1,653
199811#1,694
199711#1,664
199611#1,621

How popular is Madelyn in the US?

Rank in 2025
#70among girls
Babies in 2025
3,362about 1 in 480 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
2.9%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3,362 girls in the US were named Madelyn, making it the 70th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 66th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4,567 girls. It first appears in the records in 1890.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Madelyn than any year since 2007.

Half of all the girls named Madelyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 7,105 girls in the US were given Madelyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #21, up from #70 for this spelling alone.

1890Busiest: 4,567 in 20082025
Madelyn in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253,362#70
20243,373#65
20233,645#58
20223,724#60
20213,429#71
20203,552#66
20193,581#72
20183,652#72
20173,967#63
20164,241#62
20154,486#59
20144,312#60
20133,940#68
20123,795#67
20113,604#79
20103,621#76
20094,496#59
20084,567#64
20073,216#104
20062,949#113
20053,021#107
20043,006#111
20032,985#115
20022,852#119
20012,844#121
20002,684#125
19991,896#164
19981,928#162
19971,160#252
1996865#323
1995716#365
1994561#455
1993475#516
1992404#578
1991351#637
1990284#734
1989237#801
1988170#974
1987181#917
1986197#845
198565#1,739
198451#1,990
198364#1,700
198287#1,399
198170#1,641
198084#1,448
1979101#1,261
197898#1,255
197782#1,370
197682#1,316
197583#1,316
197489#1,226
197375#1,339
197297#1,133
197169#1,473
197094#1,201
196995#1,139
196890#1,123
196786#1,142
196692#1,096
1965115#952
1964125#943
1963114#997
1962121#967
1961160#831
1960142#870
1959172#777
1958177#747
1957178#744
1956150#810
1955185#687
1954207#632
1953226#589
1952193#638
1951223#573
1950248#516
1949256#507
1948244#529
1947250#528
1946270#480
1945174#557
1944197#514
1943218#505
1942278#436
1941225#463
1940185#510
1939211#460
1938186#488
1937165#510
1936113#620
1935124#578
1934175#482
1933138#541
1932164#510
1931164#506
1930188#485
1929209#455
1928239#439
1927265#422
1926293#401
1925300#396
1924315#384
1923310#378
1922305#373
1921331#366
1920302#381
1919285#382
1918275#394
1917266#386
1916246#401
1915209#414
1914227#348
1913155#389
1912125#414
191171#489
191065#503
190969#445
190843#567
190744#545
190657#453
190534#600
190437#545
190347#467
190226#648
190121#699
190039#543
189928#578
189825#650
189720#699
189626#610
189515#815
189410#998
189312#865
18926#1,278
18918#1,006
18906#1,209

Nicknames for Madelyn

Names like Madelyn

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Madelyn

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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, “Madelyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madelyn, updated 20 October 2026.