Madelyn
For 2025 the count puts Madelyn at #71 nationwide, as settled as a name gets. It has been on the books since 1890 and never mattered more than it does today; 116,010 bearers and counting.
Madelyn’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Madelyn, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Madelyn since 1890
Madelyn peaked in 2008 at #64; #71 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Madelyn is most common
Among the states, Madelyn takes its largest share in New Hampshire, 0.66% of the girls' names recorded there in 2025, with Maine and Rhode Island next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Madelyn
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Maverick
#49 in 2025
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#40 in 2025
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#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Mackenzie
#228 in 2025
Cameron
#76 in 2025
Genesis
#66 in 2025
Madeline
#81 in 2025 · Hebrew
Maya
#62 in 2025
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About Madelyn
How popular is the name Madelyn?
For 2025 the count puts Madelyn at #71 nationwide, as settled as a name gets. The full curve since 1890 is above, public federal data, redrawn, never estimated.
Does Madelyn have a meaning on record?
Madelyn postdates the reference we are able to quote, so no meaning is shown; the popularity record above is the fact this page can stand on.
Which names sit near Madelyn?
The recipe puts Maverick first, then Malachi, on shared origin, a peak within fifteen years, matching syllables and a shared first letter. Run the sibling matcher with your own names for a list scored against them.
Get Madelyn’s free Name Kit
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