Girls' name · since 1920
Madalynne
Madalynne has 706 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,916 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 706
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
706 babies have been named Madalynne since 1920, making it today's #8916 girls' name.
Madalynne has 706 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8916 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #9,468 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,916 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 706 born since 1920
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madalynne ranks #9,468 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,916 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 706 born since 1920, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,916 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 706
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madalynne's 706 recorded births place it above 86.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Madalynne compares
706 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Madalynne's all-time total is 88% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madalynne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 706 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madalynne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madalynne splits its recorded history at 2007: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1924 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 41 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madalynne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Madalynne by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (276 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Madalynne's strongest decade.
276 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Madalynne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 87
1920s
87 births
- 1990s 83
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
276 births
- 2010s
2010s
215 births
- 2020s 45
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 276 births (39% of all-time use).
How Madalynne compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Madalynne's total volume
Madalynne by state
Where Madalynne concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
10 of 706 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Madalynne's data
- Madalynne's decade-level peak was the 2000s (276 total births); usage has since declined to 45 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Madalynnes (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Madalynne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~105 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Madalynne draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.