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.

Madlyn

#3,990 most common girls' name of all time · #6,821 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1898–2025

Rank among girls
#3,990
Rank overall
#6,821 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
2,377
Since 2016
87
Peak year
1922 #844
Best rank
#844 1922
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Madlyn first appears in 1898. 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 6 — 6 #13,272
2024 9 — 9 #10,326
2023 8 — 8 #11,226
2022 16 — 16 #7,009
2021 8 — 8 #11,213
2019 14 — 14 #7,752
2018 9 — 9 #10,598
2017 7 — 7 #12,771
2016 10 — 10 #10,149
2015 13 — 13 #8,473
2014 12 — 12 #8,997
2013 17 — 17 #7,058
2012 20 — 20 #6,356
2011 15 — 15 #7,812
2010 17 — 17 #7,243
2009 20 — 20 #6,571
2008 31 — 31 #4,776
2007 22 — 22 #6,114
2006 25 — 25 #5,400
2005 32 — 32 #4,276
2004 15 — 15 #7,423
2003 26 — 26 #4,819
2002 26 — 26 #4,637
2001 30 — 30 #4,122
2000 25 — 25 #4,664
1999 21 — 21 #5,057
1998 16 — 16 #6,094
1997 14 — 14 #6,532
1996 15 — 15 #6,096
1995 19 — 19 #5,040
1994 10 — 10 #8,176
1993 11 — 11 #7,555
1992 9 — 9 #8,789
1991 6 — 6 #11,609
1990 14 — 14 #6,168
1989 9 — 9 #8,106
1988 7 — 7 #9,320
1975 5 — 5 #9,192
1974 7 — 7 #6,987
1973 9 — 9 #5,643
1972 7 — 7 #6,635
1971 6 — 6 #7,482
1970 11 — 11 #4,803
1969 9 — 9 #5,116
1968 10 — 10 #4,540
1967 10 — 10 #4,359
1966 10 — 10 #4,257
1965 17 — 17 #3,072
1964 11 — 11 #4,153
1963 14 — 14 #3,501
1962 18 — 18 #2,956
1961 10 — 10 #4,301
1960 21 — 21 #2,671
1959 15 — 15 #3,146
1958 14 — 14 #3,273
1957 14 — 14 #3,189
1956 12 — 12 #3,550
1955 13 — 13 #3,262
1954 25 — 25 #2,145
1953 25 — 25 #2,091
1952 28 — 28 #1,917
1951 23 — 23 #2,083
1950 25 — 25 #1,928
1949 23 — 23 #2,028
1948 29 — 29 #1,755
1947 33 — 33 #1,681
1946 28 — 28 #1,695
1945 24 — 24 #1,721
1944 23 — 23 #1,769
1943 26 — 26 #1,681
1942 32 — 32 #1,456
1941 14 — 14 #2,316
1940 27 — 27 #1,498
1939 16 — 16 #2,080
1938 31 — 31 #1,329
1937 36 — 36 #1,211
1936 21 — 21 #1,667
1935 22 — 22 #1,637
1934 13 — 13 #2,349
1933 30 — 30 #1,317
1932 22 — 22 #1,662
1931 35 — 35 #1,237
1930 39 — 39 #1,205
1929 35 — 35 #1,272
1928 38 — 38 #1,244
1927 39 — 39 #1,272
1926 43 — 43 #1,177
1925 46 — 46 #1,142
1924 53 — 53 #1,082
1923 59 — 59 #973
1922 76 — 76 #844
1921 45 — 45 #1,142
1920 46 — 46 #1,113
1919 51 — 51 #1,016
1918 44 — 44 #1,123
1917 36 — 36 #1,217
1916 46 — 46 #1,025
1915 51 — 51 #932
1914 32 — 32 #1,076
1913 27 — 27 #1,061
1912 24 — 24 #1,077
1911 13 — 13 #1,360
1910 7 — 7 #2,063
1909 7 — 7 #1,897
1908 8 — 8 #1,648
1907 10 — 10 #1,367
1906 9 — 9 #1,407
1905 7 — 7 #1,670
1904 15 — 15 #964
1903 8 — 8 #1,426
1902 7 — 7 #1,574
1900 5 — 5 #2,120
1899 6 — 6 #1,571
1898 7 — 7 #1,497