The name Madelyn is of Greek origin, and means woman of Magdala.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Madelyn has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Madelyn
Use of the Name Madelyn for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
35,717
25,368
23,729
20,869
14,309
5,941
2,961
The table below indicates the number of times the name Madelyn has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Madelyn first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1893, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Madelyn
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1893
889
12
1894
1895
851
15
1896
618
26
1897
708
20
1898
658
25
1899
589
28
1900
551
39
1901
714
21
1902
663
26
1903
469
47
1904
553
37
1905
608
34
1906
456
57
1907
548
44
1908
572
43
1909
451
69
1910
506
65
1911
492
70
1912
417
125
1913
391
154
1914
350
227
1915
416
209
1916
402
245
1917
387
266
1918
395
275
1919
382
285
1920
381
301
1921
367
331
1922
373
305
1923
379
310
1924
385
316
1925
396
299
1926
401
293
1927
425
264
1928
439
239
1929
457
209
1930
487
187
1931
508
163
1932
514
163
1933
538
139
1934
483
176
1935
581
124
1936
621
113
1937
511
165
1938
488
186
1939
460
211
1940
510
185
1941
463
225
1942
436
278
1943
505
218
1944
515
198
1945
559
173
1946
480
268
1947
527
252
1948
532
243
1949
511
256
1950
522
247
1951
573
223
1952
639
193
1953
587
228
1954
642
204
1955
690
185
1956
812
150
1957
744
179
1958
747
178
1959
778
171
1960
876
141
1961
832
160
1962
966
121
1963
999
114
1964
943
125
1965
957
115
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
845
197
1987
917
181
1988
974
170
1989
807
237
1990
734
284
1991
639
348
1992
573
407
1993
516
474
1994
454
562
1995
365
716
1996
322
863
1997
252
1,160
1998
162
1,927
1999
164
1,894
2000
125
2,680
2001
121
2,840
2002
119
2,848
2003
115
2,980
2004
111
2,961
Totals:
35,717
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Madelyn as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Madelyn appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 91 times during the last 125 years.