Maddyn
Feminine · “of Magdala”
Maddyn is given to both — 1,130 girls and 35 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Maddyn respells Madelyn, and behind it is Magdala, a town on the Sea of Galilee whose name means a tower.
How old is the name Maddyn?
Maddyn first appears in US birth records in 2004 — 21 years ago. The typical Maddyn is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Maddyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maddyn most popular?
Maddyn peaked in 2025, reaching #2298 nationally. Today it ranks #2298, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From magdala to Maddyn
Our story of Maddyn
Our story of Maddyn is a story of a name worn down to a sound. Mary of Magdala is identified by her town, whose name means a tower, and Europe made Magdalene, Madeleine, Madeline and Madelyn from it. American naming then clipped and respelled — Maddie, Madyn, Maddyn. An Irish Madden surname sits nearby. Maddyn appears in the registers in the 2010s, and the tower is three removes behind it.
Meaningscholars disagree
of Magdala
Likely through Madelyn and Magdalene, 'of Magdala', from the Aramaic magdala, 'tower'. It may alternatively be a feminine respelling of Madden, an Irish surname. The Magdala route is the commoner reading for this shape.
How the name formed
- magdala
- Madelyn
- Maddyn
Related forms: Madelyn · Madyn
Pronouncing Maddyn
MAD-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. Maddyn and Madden are said identically.
Nicknames for Maddyn
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2004
- Most girls named
- 202280 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2298reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +43.6%79 in 2025, from 55
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maddyn in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Madelyn in English — related form
- Madyn in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Minnesota.
Maddyns among us
people named Maddyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,345 born in 2025 was named Maddyn
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maddyn
- #2298
- Maddyn on the 2025 chart
- #870
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maddyn went to 79 girls in 2025, but Madyn is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 90, which makes it the 870th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,428 places above the chart.
- Maddyn79
- Madyn11
About 1 girl in 17,859 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,345 for Maddyn itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Laquetta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maddyn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Laquetta climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Laquetta's path sketches the road Maddyn is walking now.
Maddyn sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maddyn is headed
Maddyn should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maddyn beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maddyn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Maddie is available as a short form with a large record.
- The tower meaning is concrete where the Magdala route holds.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- The origin is not settled for this spelling.
- Madden is an Irish surname said identically.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Maddyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Maddyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maddyn?
- Maddyn is the most-used spelling in US records — 79 of the 90 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Madyn.
- How popular is the name Maddyn in 2025?
- Maddyn ranks #2298 among US girl names in 2025, with 79 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maddyn?
- About 1 in every 20,345 US girls born in 2025 was named Maddyn — 79 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maddyn with classmates?
- Maddyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Maddyn
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