Girls' name · since 1998
Madlynn
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 177 babies named Madlynn, peaking in 2015. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,906 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
177 babies have been named Madlynn since 1998, making it today's #13906 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Madlynn recorded 177 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #13906 nationally today, ahead of 20% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #21,079 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,906 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 177 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madlynn ranks #21,079 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,906 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 177 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,079 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,906 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 177
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Madlynn's 177 recorded births place it above 70.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Madlynn compares
177 34th 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
Madlynn's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Madlynn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 177 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Madlynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Madlynn splits its recorded history at 2011: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Madlynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Madlynn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (89 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Madlynn's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Madlynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
89 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 89 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Madlynn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 22 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Madlynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Madlynn 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.