Madalyn

What Madalyn means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Madalyn yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2008, with 1,144 babies; 273 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Madalyn?

US: Falling: down from #565 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1961 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 1,144 girls got the name (#292 that year). First in the US records in 1899.

How common

• About 1 in 5,887 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 84,427 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WV (1.58 per 1,000 girls), KY (0.64 per 1,000 girls), IN (0.54 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Madalyn is #946 in the US and #5927 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Madalyn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Madelyn3,362 US · 47 E&W
• Madilyn662 US
• Madelynn573 US
• Madilynn315 US
• Madalynn161 US
• Madelyne81 US
• Madelin74 US
• Maddilyn24 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Madalyn

Girls

• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*
• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Madison#40Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1970, with 5 babies
• Faith#254Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #90 in 2015, #254 in 2025
• Kylie#204Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 5,558 babies; 1,491 in 2025

For a brother

• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Cole#182“coal, coal-black”^*
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Preston#299Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Madalyn’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.