Madelyn is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #13821 in 2008 with 5 recorded births. This places Madelyn in the bottom 5% of ranked US boys' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2004 with 14 births ranking #5683. In 2008, approximately 1 in every 407,989 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.