Girls' name · since 1911
Madelyne
3,502 babies named Madelyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,259 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,502
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madelyne currently ranks #2259 among girls' names in America, with 3,502 babies recorded since 1911.
Madelyne has 3,502 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2259 as of the latest data, more common than 87% 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 1911 to 2025.
- #3,258 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,259 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,502 born since 1911
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madelyne ranks #3,258 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,259 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,502 born since 1911, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,258 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,259 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,502
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madelyne's 3,502 recorded births place it above 95.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Madelyne compares
3,502 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Madelyne's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madelyne | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,502 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 129 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madelyne's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madelyne's full recorded timeline at 1967, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1911, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 129 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madelyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (2000)
- 129
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Madelyne by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,112 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Madelyne's strongest decade.
1,112 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Madelyne births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 132
1910s
132 births
- 1920s 174
1920s
174 births
- 1930s 74
1930s
74 births
- 1940s 105
1940s
105 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 64
1960s
64 births
- 1970s 68
1970s
68 births
- 1980s 106
1980s
106 births
- 1990s
1990s
618 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,112 births
- 2010s
2010s
628 births
- 2020s 354
2020s
354 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,112 births (32% of all-time use).
How Madelyne 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 Madelyne's total volume
Madelyne by state
Where Madelyne concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 397 | 11.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 364 | 10.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 111 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 63 | 1.8% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 59 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 31 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Florida | | 25 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 22 | 0.6% |
397 of 3,502 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Madelyne appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Madelyne's data
- Madelyne's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,112 total births); usage has since declined to 354 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Madelynes (397 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Madelyne: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~114 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, 1911–2025 (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 Madelyne 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.