# Madelyn (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/madelyn/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 116,060 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 50 / 116,010 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 799, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

An alteration of Madeline with -lyn.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,604 | 79 |
| 2012 | 3,795 | 67 |
| 2013 | 3,940 | 68 |
| 2014 | 4,312 | 60 |
| 2015 | 4,486 | 59 |
| 2016 | 4,241 | 62 |
| 2017 | 3,967 | 63 |
| 2018 | 3,652 | 72 |
| 2019 | 3,581 | 72 |
| 2020 | 3,552 | 66 |
| 2021 | 3,429 | 71 |
| 2022 | 3,724 | 60 |
| 2023 | 3,645 | 58 |
| 2024 | 3,373 | 65 |
| 2025 | 3,362 | 71 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 10,174 |
| 2004 | 14 | 5,684 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,798 |
| 2008 | 5 | 13,821 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,453 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,516 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,529 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,545 |
| 2012 | 34 | 1,037 |
| 2013 | 43 | 865 |
| 2014 | 29 | 1,177 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 35 | 1,013 |
| 2017 | 47 | 814 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 28 | 1,164 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 37 | 940 |
| 2023 | 48 | 742 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,065 |
| 2025 | 47 | 778 |

## People named Madelyn

- Madelyn Cline, American actress (born 1997)
- Madelyn Marie, American pornographic actress
- Madelyn Deutch, actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.