Gender: Girl
Meaning: Woman of Magdala, tower
Origin: English (variant)
Popularity: Ranked #933 in 2024 with 283 babies born.
History: Madalyn surged in the 2010s-2020s. Madalyn Murray O'Hair was America's most famous atheist — her Supreme Court case removed mandatory prayer from public schools. The name carries both the French Madeline heritage and a landmark moment in American constitutional law.
Name length: 7 letters
How common is Madalyn? About 1 in 11,761 babies born in 2024 were named Madalyn, or roughly 0.8 per day in the United States.
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