Madelyn

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Madelyn: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Madelyn: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #328, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#328highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1522
1997	#1543
1998	#1571
1999	#1675
2000	#1250
2001	#1305
2002	#1245
2003	#1224
2004	#866
2005	#971
2006	#1052
2007	#854
2008	#2022
2009	#1209
2010	#1180
2011	#1545
2012	#1037
2013	#865
2014	#1177
2015	#1279
2016	#1013
2017	#814
2018	#1234
2019	#1252
2020	#1164
2021	#1161
2022	#940
2023	#742
2024	#1065

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #407 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1065 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1522 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #328 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2003–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Madelyn appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 752 births with the name.

Madelyn across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Madelyn's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1522 (1996)	#742 (2023)	#1065 (2024)	29 of 29	752 (1996–2024)	48 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#331 (2003)	#328 (2023)	#407 (2024)	6 of 22	19 (2003–2024)	4 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#742 (2009)	#660 (2015)	#718 (2025)	6 of 17	24 (2009–2025)	5 (2015)

Madelyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Madelyn in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	43	4 of 10	11
2000s	222	10 of 10	22
2010s	313	10 of 10	31
2020sbusiest	174	5 of 10	35

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 35 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births fell by 25, from 37 to 12.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Madelyn appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #328 in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Madelyn's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1065	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#742	48	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#940	37	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1164	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1252	26	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#814	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1279	26	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#865	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1037	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1545	19	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1180	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1209	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#854	37	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1052	26	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#971	27	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#866	31	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1224	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1305	15	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1522	11	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#328	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#418	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#331	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #328, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 48 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andris · #328, 25y
Ena · #328, 29y
Jaydan · #329, 28y
Keir · #327, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Diogo · #328, 28y
Lilianna · #328, 26y
Rayah · #328, 22y
Ryleigh · #328, 27y

Madelyn was ranked #328 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Madelyn and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Madelyn without appearing here.

Madelyn moved ahead of

Pauline Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2022 and #1718 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1209 and #3936.
Donna Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2022 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1209 and #3031.
Jesse Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1545 and #1489 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1037 and #2521.
Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1164 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1161 and #2499.

Moved ahead of Madelyn

Audrey Compare
In 2007 they stood at #854 and #899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #691.
Ada Compare
In 2007 they stood at #854 and #919 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #699.
Ida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #854 and #987 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #937.
Alma Compare
In 2007 they stood at #854 and #1196 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2022 and #1247.

Moved the opposite way to Madelyn

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelyn went from #1522 to #742 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelyn went from #1522 to #742 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelyn went from #1522 to #742 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Madelyn went from #1571 to #742 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #328 in Northern Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Madelyn

Madelyn at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Madelyn across 3 official records

Madelyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Madelyn appears in

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Madelyn at a glance

Madelyn across 3 official records

Madelyn by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Madelyn

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Madelyn moved ahead of

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