Madelyn

“Variant of Madeline — Tower; elevated, great” — Aramaic via Greek and French origin

Girl's name · #71 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Madelyn reached its best rank, #58, in 2023 and ranked #71 in 2025. Roughly 116,000 girls have been named Madelyn since 1890. Together with its spelling variant Madelynn (#524), Madelyn would rank around #58 with about 3,900 births last year — the newborns split about 85/15 between Madelyn and Madelynn.

Around the world: about 1 in 630 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 860 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 5,300 girls in Ireland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Madelyns

Madelyn Cline — American actress
Madelyn Deutch — actress
Madelyn Dunham — maternal grandmother of Barack Obama (1922-2008)
Madelyn Clare — Early 20th century American actor (1894-1975)
Madelyn Pugh — American television writer and screenwriter (1921-2011)

In stories & tradition

Madelyn Dinkley — Scooby-Doo! Abracadabra-Doo

What Madelyns become

Among 53 notable people named Madelyn:

Sports figures appear 1.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Madelyn Rodríguez, Dominican Republic taekwondo athlete.

Similar names: Madeline · Zoe · Madison · Claire · Maya · Autumn

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