Madalyn

Meaning: Tower; elevated, great
Origin: Variant of Madeline (from Aramaic)

Girl's name · #946 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Madalyn's best rank, #292, came in 2008; it has settled back to #946 today. Roughly 23,000 girls have been named Madalyn since 1899.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#1,507 in Canada (2024).

Famous Madalyns

Madalyn Murray O'Hair — American atheist activist (1919–1995)
Madalyn Godby — American cyclist
Madalyn Schiffel — American soccer player
Madalyn Akers Phillips — American composer
Madalyn Aslan — American astrologer, writer

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Madalynn (#1370), Madalyn would rank around #660 with about 430 births last year — the newborns split about 63/37 between Madalyn and Madalynn.

Similar names: Madalynn · Lexie · Madisyn · Jolie · Lauryn · Macy

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