Madilynn

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 553 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
553
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#860
down from #792
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

How Madilynn has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#429#680#931201520202025#860

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#500
2016#520
2017#554
2018#558
2019#529
2020#509
2021#530
2022#566
2023#727
2024#792
2025#860

Madilynn by the numbers

Madilynn was given to 553 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 654 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Madilynn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Madilynn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Madilynof Magdala; tower; a modern respelling of Madelyn946 in the US (2017)
  • Madelynnwoman of Magdala; a form of Magdalene685 in the US (2017)
  • Madalynnof magdala; a modern respelling of Madeline330 in the US (2017)
  • Marilynnstar of the sea with lake; combination of mary and lynn68 in the US (2017)
  • Maddilynnwoman from Magdala; a modern respelling of Madelynn or Magdalene54 in the US (2017)
  • Madisynnson of maud; an invented spelling of Madison12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Madilynn

Names that are said the same way as Madilynn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Madelynof Magdala; tower3,944 in the US (2017)
  • Madelinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene2,938 in the US (2017)
  • Madeleineof Magdala; woman of Magdala179 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Madalynwoman from magdala; a form of Magdalene448 in the US (2017)
  • Maddilynyouthful; a modern respelling of Madeline84 in the US (2017)
  • Madelynewoman from magdala; a form of Madeline70 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Madilynn

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