Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Madelyn

#335 most common girls' name of all time · #623 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1890–2025

Rank among girls
#335
Rank overall
#623 of 105,966
First appeared
1890
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
116,060
Since 2016
36,543
Peak year
2008 #64
Best rank
#58 2023
Girls Boys peak 4,572/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Madelyn first appears in 1890. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 3,362 — 3,362 #71
2024 3,373 7 3,380 #65
2023 3,645 — 3,645 #58
2022 3,724 — 3,724 #60
2021 3,429 — 3,429 #71
2020 3,552 — 3,552 #66
2019 3,581 — 3,581 #72
2018 3,652 — 3,652 #72
2017 3,967 5 3,972 #63
2016 4,241 5 4,246 #62
2015 4,486 — 4,486 #59
2014 4,312 — 4,312 #60
2013 3,940 — 3,940 #68
2012 3,795 — 3,795 #67
2011 3,604 — 3,604 #79
2010 3,621 — 3,621 #76
2009 4,496 — 4,496 #59
2008 4,567 5 4,572 #64
2007 3,216 — 3,216 #104
2006 2,949 — 2,949 #113
2005 3,021 8 3,029 #107
2004 3,006 14 3,020 #111
2003 2,985 — 2,985 #115
2002 2,852 6 2,858 #120
2001 2,844 — 2,844 #121
2000 2,684 — 2,684 #125
1999 1,896 — 1,896 #164
1998 1,928 — 1,928 #162
1997 1,160 — 1,160 #252
1996 865 — 865 #323
1995 716 — 716 #365
1994 561 — 561 #455
1993 475 — 475 #516
1992 404 — 404 #578
1991 351 — 351 #637
1990 284 — 284 #735
1989 237 — 237 #805
1988 170 — 170 #975
1987 181 — 181 #917
1986 197 — 197 #845
1985 65 — 65 #1,742
1984 51 — 51 #1,993
1983 64 — 64 #1,702
1982 87 — 87 #1,404
1981 70 — 70 #1,648
1980 84 — 84 #1,450
1979 101 — 101 #1,266
1978 98 — 98 #1,255
1977 82 — 82 #1,372
1976 82 — 82 #1,320
1975 83 — 83 #1,316
1974 89 — 89 #1,231
1973 75 — 75 #1,345
1972 97 — 97 #1,135
1971 69 — 69 #1,479
1970 94 — 94 #1,206
1969 95 — 95 #1,142
1968 90 — 90 #1,126
1967 86 — 86 #1,143
1966 92 — 92 #1,098
1965 115 — 115 #954
1964 125 — 125 #944
1963 114 — 114 #999
1962 121 — 121 #969
1961 160 — 160 #832
1960 142 — 142 #871
1959 172 — 172 #778
1958 177 — 177 #750
1957 178 — 178 #746
1956 150 — 150 #811
1955 185 — 185 #690
1954 207 — 207 #634
1953 226 — 226 #592
1952 193 — 193 #641
1951 223 — 223 #574
1950 248 — 248 #519
1949 256 — 256 #511
1948 244 — 244 #531
1947 250 — 250 #528
1946 270 — 270 #480
1945 174 — 174 #557
1944 197 — 197 #516
1943 218 — 218 #505
1942 278 — 278 #437
1941 225 — 225 #464
1940 185 — 185 #510
1939 211 — 211 #461
1938 186 — 186 #488
1937 165 — 165 #513
1936 113 — 113 #621
1935 124 — 124 #580
1934 175 — 175 #486
1933 138 — 138 #544
1932 164 — 164 #512
1931 164 — 164 #508
1930 188 — 188 #487
1929 209 — 209 #457
1928 239 — 239 #441
1927 265 — 265 #423
1926 293 — 293 #401
1925 300 — 300 #396
1924 315 — 315 #385
1923 310 — 310 #379
1922 305 — 305 #374
1921 331 — 331 #367
1920 302 — 302 #381
1919 285 — 285 #382
1918 275 — 275 #395
1917 266 — 266 #387
1916 246 — 246 #402
1915 209 — 209 #417
1914 227 — 227 #350
1913 155 — 155 #391
1912 125 — 125 #417
1911 71 — 71 #492
1910 65 — 65 #513
1909 69 — 69 #452
1908 43 — 43 #573
1907 44 — 44 #553
1906 57 — 57 #456
1905 34 — 34 #608
1904 37 — 37 #558
1903 47 — 47 #469
1902 26 — 26 #665
1901 21 — 21 #721
1900 39 — 39 #555
1899 28 — 28 #592
1898 25 — 25 #665
1897 20 — 20 #713
1896 26 — 26 #620
1895 15 — 15 #857
1894 10 — 10 #1,056
1893 12 — 12 #899
1892 6 — 6 #1,420
1891 8 — 8 #1,088
1890 6 — 6 #1,328