Girls' name · since 1997
Madellyn
75 babies named Madellyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #30,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
75 babies have been named Madellyn since 1997, making it today's #15763 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madellyn has been recorded 75 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #15763 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #30,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,763 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 75 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madellyn ranks #30,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,763 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 75 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,763 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 75
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madellyn's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Madellyn compares
75 21st percentile among 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
Madellyn's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madellyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 75 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madellyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madellyn splits its recorded history at 2008: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madellyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Madellyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (40 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Madellyn's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Madellyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Madellyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Madellyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Madellyn 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.