Girls' name · since 1898
Madlyn
Madlyn has 2,377 recorded births since 1898 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,377
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Madlyn is the #13252 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,377 recorded since 1898.
Social Security Administration records show Madlyn recorded 2,377 times among girls since 1898, holding rank #13252 nationally today, ahead of 23% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1898 to 2025.
- #4,185 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,252 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,377 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madlyn ranks #4,185 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,252 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,377 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #4,185 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,252 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,377
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Madlyn's 2,377 recorded births place it above 94.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Madlyn compares
2,377 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Madlyn's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,377 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 76 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madlyn's full recorded timeline at 1956, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1900, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1922 peak of 76 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madlyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–2025
- Peak year (1922)
- 76
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Madlyn by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (480 births, 20% of the file).
1920s was Madlyn's strongest decade.
480 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Madlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 13
1890s
13 births
- 1900s 76
1900s
76 births
- 1910s
1910s
331 births
- 1920s
1920s
480 births
- 1930s
1930s
265 births
- 1940s
1940s
259 births
- 1950s
1950s
194 births
- 1960s 130
1960s
130 births
- 1970s 45
1970s
45 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 135
1990s
135 births
- 2000s
2000s
252 births
- 2010s 134
2010s
134 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 480 births (20% of all-time use).
How Madlyn 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 Madlyn's total volume
Madlyn by state
Where Madlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1898
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 133 | 5.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 113 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 25 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #5 | West Virginia | | 16 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Texas | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.2% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.2% |
133 of 2,377 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Madlyn's data
- Madlyn's decade-level peak was the 1920s (480 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Madlyns (133 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Madlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1898–2025 (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 Madlyn 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.