Girls' name · since 2000

Madyn

274 babies named Madyn in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16,698 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,198 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
274
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Madyn is the #9198 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 274 recorded since 2000.

Madyn has 274 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9198 as of the latest data, more common than 47% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.

  • #16,698 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #9,198 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 274 born since 2000
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madyn ranks #16,698 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,198 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.

#16,698 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#9,198 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
274
born since 2000
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%46.8%
Madyn vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Madyn's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Madyn compares

274 43rd 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

Madyn's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Madyn Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 274 376 567,345
Peak-year births 27 21 19,840

Madyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Madyn splits its recorded history at 2013: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Madyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
27
Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
051015202530 200020052008201120142017202020242025 11

Madyn by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (139 births, 51% of the file).

2010s was Madyn's strongest decade.

139 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.

Madyn births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 139 births (51% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Madyn?
274 babies have been named Madyn since 2000. All-time, it sits at #16,698 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #9,198 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2008 with 27 births.
Where does Madyn sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madyn ranks #16,698 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,198 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Madyn most popular?
Madyn was most popular in the 2010s decade with 139 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Madyn been used?
Madyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 26 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Madyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Madison, Madeline, Madelyn, Madeleine, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Madyn's data

  • Madyn's decade-level peak was the 2010s (139 total births); usage has since declined to 39 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 Madyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2000–2025 (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 Madyn 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.