Girl
Madelyn
As a girl's name, Madelyn is understood to mean "of Magdala (biblical place name)". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. 2008 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyVariant of Madeline
EtymologyMeaning "of Magdala" (biblical place name)
Births by decade
1900s
417
1910s
1,924
1920s
2,869
1930s
1,627
1940s
2,297
1950s
1,961
1960s
1,139
1970s
870
1980s
1,206
1990s
8,640
2000s
32,640
2010s
31,908
Peaked in the 2000s · 87,498 total U.S. births since 1900