Madelyn

What Madelyn means

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

Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Madelyn?

US: Falling: down from #59 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 4,486 girls got the name (#59 that year). First in the US records in 1890.

How common

• About 1 in 478 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,389 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 NH (6.58 per 1,000 girls), ME (5.78 per 1,000 girls), RI (4.89 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Madelyn is #70 in the US and #778 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 Madelyn were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Madeline3,086 US · 144 E&W
• Madilyn662 US
• Madelynn573 US
• Madilynn315 US
• Madalyn273 US · 3 E&W
• Madalynn161 US
• Madelyne81 US
• Madelin74 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 Madelyn

Girls

• Sophie#55French form of Sophia, meaning “wisdom”^*
• Isabelle#166Variant of Elizabeth, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Claire#68Variant of Clare, meaning “bright, shining, clear”^*
• Valery#743Editor’s note Up from #1,209 in 2015 to #743 in 2025 in the US
• Esme#298Diminutive of Esmeralda, meaning “emerald”^*

For a brother

• Julien#709Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #709 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Avery#291Editor’s note Down from #188 in 2015 to #291 in 2025 in the US
• Augustine#545Same root as Austin, meaning “majestic”^*
• Noel#478French, meaning “birthday of the Lord”^*
• Bo#449Swedish, from Old Norse Búi, meaning “dweller, long-time resident”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under French, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Madelyn’s. Rank is US 2025.