Declining since 2010, #10,107 for girls today.
Popularity of Madilynne since 1997
Babies named Madilynne per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 21 |
| 2000s | 192 |
| 2010s | 248 |
| 2020s | 99 |
Meaning & origin
Madilynne is a modern, ornate spelling of Madeline, part of a trend that saw creative respellings of established names surge in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The name first appeared in U.S. records in 1997, peaking in popularity in 2009. Since 2010, its use has been falling, reflecting broader shifts away from heavily embellished spellings. Despite its recent peak, Madilynne remains very rare, with only about 1 in every 178,585 baby girls receiving the name in 2025. The top states for the name are unspecified in available data, but its pattern aligns with preferences for feminine, lyrical names across the U.S.
Madilynne is a modern, elaborate spelling of Madeline, which derives from Magdalene, the French form of the biblical name Magdalene. Magdalene comes from the Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnē), meaning 'woman from Magdala,' a town on the Sea of Galilee. The name has been used in English since the Middle Ages, but Madilynne is a late 20th-century respelling, part of the trend of adding -lynne or similar suffixes to popular names.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Maddie, Maddy, Lynne
Sibling names for Madilynne
Names that share Madilynne's style, for a brother or sister.
