NameTides

Madalyn

Madalyn was the #946 girls' name in the US in 2025 (273 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Madalyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Madalyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Madalyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#946 (273)#5,927 (3)#1,495 (16)
2024#929 (285)#4,844 (4)#1,479 (16)
2023#908 (294)—#1,898 (11)
2022#1,003 (261)#5,670 (3)#1,550 (14)
2021#923 (288)—#1,522 (15)
2020#818 (333)—#1,428 (16)
2019#750 (376)—#1,408 (17)
2018#733 (384)#4,684 (4)#1,215 (20)
2017#660 (451)#4,763 (4)#1,269 (19)
2016#612 (490)#3,609 (6)#1,191 (21)
2015#565 (543)#1,961 (14)#983 (26)
2014#519 (595)#5,691 (3)#1,108 (23)
2013#540 (551)#2,649 (9)#1,165 (21)
2012#451 (692)#2,969 (8)#771 (36)
2011#420 (738)#1,807 (15)#797 (34)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #292.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1899.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,900 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Madalyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,100 to 1 in 6,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Madalyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #444INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #689PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: #204WVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #707TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #949TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Madalyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5856

Madalyn (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MadalynCanadaGirls#1,49516
MadalynEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
MadalynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MadalynUSGirls#946273