Madisyn
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-di-syn]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Good. Variant Of Madison.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Madisyn
Madisyn is a modern respelling of Madison, the surname-turned-given name that surged to the top of the American girls' chart in the 1980s and 1990s. Madison itself derives from a surname meaning son of Matthew, where Matthew is the Hebrew Matityahu (gift of God) — making the underlying etymology a Hebrew theophoric meaning. Madisyn adopts the same sound with a y substituting for the final i, a contemporary respelling with no independent ancient etymology beyond the Madison source. Recorded variants include Maddison and Madisen.
In SSA records, Madisyn first entered the female top-1000 in 2000 and peaked at #338 in 2010, accumulating 15,173 top-1000 births over its tracked span — a notable total reflecting sustained use across more than two decades. The name remained on the chart through 2022: #726 with 383 births in 2020, #802 with 352 births in 2021, and #805 with 350 births in 2022, its final tracked year.
Recorded variants Maddison and Madisen round out the core Madison respelling family. Among these alternatives, Madisyn's y-ending gives it a slightly more contemporary feel than Maddison while remaining immediately legible. Its long chart tenure and substantial birth total confirm it as more than a fleeting novelty — a genuinely popular alternative spelling that attracted a consistent community of parents seeking individuality within a broadly familiar name tradition.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Madisyn
US Popularity History (2000–2022)
Annual US births named Madisyn by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2010 with 950 girls named Madisyn (girl rank #338 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2022, ranked #805 for girls (350 US births). That's 467 places below its 2010 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Madisyn Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Madisyn the strongest states are Mississippi, South Carolina, Louisiana.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | #274 | 95 |
| 2 | South Carolina | #399 | 82 |
| 3 | Louisiana | #416 | 114 |
| 4 | Alabama | #441 | 121 |
| 5 | Georgia | #506 | 214 |
| 6 | Arkansas | #516 | 38 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #532 | 91 |
| 8 | Nevada | #542 | 23 |
| 9 | Iowa | #546 | 32 |
| 10 | North Carolina | #567 | 130 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado | #911 | 17 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #856 | 90 |
| 3 | Texas | #841 | 299 |
| 4 | New York | #829 | 150 |
| 5 | Florida | #819 | 172 |
| 6 | Missouri | #807 | 35 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #733 | 41 |
| 8 | Indiana | #731 | 69 |
| 9 | Illinois | #720 | 130 |
| 10 | Ohio | #718 | 107 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Madisyn in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Madisyn against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).