Madelyn

Meaning: Woman from Magdala
Origin: Aramaic — Variant of Madeline

Girl's name · #71 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Madelyn reached its best rank, #58, in 2023 and ranked #71 in 2025. Roughly 116,000 girls have been named Madelyn since 1890.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#107 in Ecuador (2025) · #122 in Canada (2025) · #220 in Mexico (2024) · #261 in New Zealand (2025) · #718 in Ireland (2025) · #778 in England & Wales (2025) · #16,135 in Italy (2024) · #407 in N. Ireland (2024) · #2,228 in Sweden (2024) · #625 in Scotland (2022) · #2,982 in Austria (2022) · #5,958 in France (2021) and 1 more.

Famous Madelyns

Madelyn Cline — American actress (born 1997)
Madelyn Deutch — American actress (born 1991)
Madelyn Dunham — Maternal grandmother of Barack Obama (1922–2008)
Madelyn Pugh — American screenwriter (1921–2011)
Madelyn Clare — American actress (1894–1975)

In stories & tradition

Madelyn Dinkley — Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo (TV series)

What Madelyns become

Among 53 notable people named Madelyn:

Sports figures appear 1.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Madelyn Rodríguez, Dominican Republic taekwondo athlete (born 2000).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Madelynn (#524), Madelyn would rank around #58 with about 3,900 births last year — the newborns split about 85/15 between Madelyn and Madelynn.

Similar names: Madeline · Zoe · Madison · Claire · Maya · Adelyn

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