Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Madolyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Madolyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1921

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Greatest Generation

1896Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,743

Madolyn is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 45 girls were named Madolyn.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,743 Americans have been named Madolyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1921

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