Madaline

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births

Peak · girls
1906 · 34 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,990
since 1885

Madaline over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Madaline has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #611, 1906girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,91720
2024#4,47331
2023#4,87327
2022#5,46523
2021#5,09125
2020#6,08319
2019#3,92337
2018#4,56230
2017#3,69741
2016#3,13952
2015#3,59543
2014#3,65242
2013#3,07653
2012#3,58344
2011#2,98957
2010#2,38679
2009#2,22788
2008#2,29585
2007#2,54173
2006#3,01756
2005#2,34576
2004#2,34573
2003#2,34671
2002#2,22874
2001#1,90191
2000#2,08978
1999#2,22267
1998#2,02673
1997#2,62248
1996#1,88177
1995#2,51650
1994#4,01626
1993#3,87727
1992#4,08825
1991#4,49722
1990#5,83515
1989#5,83614
1988#5,32115
1987#3,98321
1986#5,45913
1985#9,3076
1984
1983#7,3128
1982#9,2376
1981#6,8049
1980#10,3925
1979
1978#5,21412
1977#9,6525
1976#4,90512
1975#4,14115
1974#5,01111
1973#4,87111
1972#5,9598
1971#3,94315
1970#4,49212
1969#4,41811
1968#4,00012
1967#3,34015
1966#3,74012
1965#3,95211
1964#3,87912
1963#3,17616
1962#3,29315
1961#3,60813
1960#2,24627
1959#2,45822
1958#2,66319
1957#2,21825
1956#2,92916
1955#2,41121
1954#2,24023
1953#1,58638
1952#2,58117
1951#1,58336
1950#1,49538
1949#1,42342
1948#1,59834
1947#1,54537
1946#1,55932
1945#1,45031
1944#1,69824
1943#1,42334
1942#1,32537
1941#1,47228
1940#1,34731
1939#1,51425
1938#1,34330
1937#1,45126
1936#1,48025
1935#1,35629
1934#1,06243
1933#1,05044
1932#1,21335
1931#99549
1930#95658
1929#1,00352
1928#1,11546
1927#1,04254
1926#91167
1925#85376
1924#77792
1923#72999
1922#75095
1921#728102
1920#690111
1919#73591
1918#666114
1917#641112
1916#75082
1915#70489
1914#72662
1913#74150
1912#79539
1911#71437
1910#85925
1909#66935
1908#70930
1907#66632
1906#61134
1905#90017
1904#85318
1903#69523
1902#75621
1901#79517
1900#67628
1899#90613
1898#75020
1897#76117
1896#67022
1895#85814
1894#99810
1893#1,0239
1892#1,0179
1891
1890#79112
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#1,0475
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Madaline! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Madaline is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Madaline
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,444 spots since 2024 (#4,473#5,917)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#6,083#5,917)
  • 2,322 spots since 2015 (#3,595#5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1906 (#900#611)
  • Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1932 (#995#1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1906 at #611 (34 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 46 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1894–1926
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,685
  • Highest: 1 in 8,685 girls born in 1906 were named Madaline (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.9% of all girls named Madaline (794) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,047 (1885)#1,047
1890s126#670 (1896)#864
1900s255#611 (1906)#733
1910s701#641 (1917)#733
1920s794#690 (1920)#860
1930s364#956 (1930)#1,242
1940s330#1,325 (1942)#1,484
1950s255#1,495 (1950)#2,216
1960s144#2,246 (1960)#3,565
1970s101#3,943 (1971)#5,354
1980s97#3,983 (1987)#7,072
1990s430#1,881 (1996)#3,358
2000s765#1,901 (2001)#2,333
2010s478#2,386 (2010)#3,460
2020s145#4,473 (2024)#5,317

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Madaline in 1890

girls
#791
12 births · 1 in 15,865 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #791Madaline12
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 15,865 of them was named Madaline, which outranked 48.4% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madaline
  1. #758Salome13
  2. #758Therese13
  3. #758Veva13
  4. #791Madaline12
  5. #791Alicia12
  6. #791Arie12
  7. #791Arminta12
  8. #825Adline11
  9. #825Aggie11
  10. #825Albert11

Tied with 33 names at #791; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. 612Electa#1,279#667
  2. 586Lular#1,279#693
  3. 548Alvena#1,147#599
  4. 521Prudie#1,279#758
  5. 505Tempie#1,147#642
Fallers
  1. 581Lella#757#1,338
  2. 581Vira#757#1,338
  3. 553Buena#657#1,210
  4. 536Roxana#802#1,338
  5. 499Fleda#839#1,338

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1890