Girls' name · peaked in 2010
Madisyn name popularity since 1925
17,379 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Madisyn. Half of them were born in 2009 or earlier, so the typical Madisyn is about 17 years old in 2026. Madisyn peaked in 2010 as the #338 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,379
- Named Madisyn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,332 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 17,374 girls · 5 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 1.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Madisyn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Madisyn births per year, 1925–2025
2010 was the biggest year for Madisyn both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1996 and 2001, Madisyn became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 9,480 baby girls to 1 in 2,740.
- Steepest fall: Between 2020 and 2025, its share of baby girls fell by 56%, from 1 in 4,220 to 1 in 9,570.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Madisyn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Madisyn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Madisyn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 25 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 1,591 | 0 | #1,797 |
| 2000s | 7,656 | 5 | #381 |
| 2010s | 6,435 | 0 | #479 |
| 2020–25 | 1,667 | 0 | #1,332 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
65.2% of babies named Madisyn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Madisyn is most popular
The index compares Madisyn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Madisyn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 1.90× | 374 |
| Louisiana | 1.69× | 495 |
| Georgia | 1.49× | 668 |
| Indiana | 1.44× | 556 |
| Florida | 1.41× | 826 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Madisyn and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Madisyn (this page) | 17,374 | 2010 |
| Madison | 419,806 | 2001 |
| Madisen | 5,064 | 2000 |
| Maddisyn | 1,234 | 2009 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Madisyn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Madisyn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Madisyn (2010).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data