Madelyn is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #10174 in 2002 with 6 recorded births. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 14 births ranking #5683. In 2002, approximately 1 in every 323,579 boys born was named Madelyn. RISING Recent data shows the name is currently rising.
Madelyn is a modern spelling of Madeline with the same traditional meaning 'woman from Magdala'. It feels familiar but slightly updated in appearance.
This spelling rose strongly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries as parents refreshed classics with y-based spellings. It keeps the old root while fitting modern visual taste.