Madelaine
#5,238 for girls in 2025, 24 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 57 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,398since 1901
Madelaine over time
Rank among girls' names. Madelaine has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,238 | 24 |
| 2024 | #5,148 | 25 |
| 2023 | #5,248 | 24 |
| 2022 | #4,202 | 34 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 |
| 2014 | #4,657 | 30 |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 |
| 2012 | #3,711 | 42 |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 |
| 2010 | #2,870 | 60 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 |
| 2008 | #2,557 | 73 |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 |
| 2005 | #2,787 | 59 |
| 2004 | #2,396 | 71 |
| 2003 | #2,125 | 82 |
| 2002 | #1,934 | 91 |
| 2001 | #1,807 | 98 |
| 2000 | #1,776 | 98 |
| 1999 | #1,828 | 87 |
| 1998 | #1,438 | 119 |
| 1997 | #1,504 | 108 |
| 1996 | #1,446 | 113 |
| 1995 | #1,466 | 109 |
| 1994 | #1,454 | 109 |
| 1993 | #1,815 | 80 |
| 1992 | #1,987 | 69 |
| 1991 | #1,766 | 81 |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 |
| 1989 | #2,478 | 46 |
| 1988 | #2,700 | 39 |
| 1987 | #3,424 | 26 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,177 | 20 |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,048 | 15 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 |
| 1949 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,621 | 33 |
| 1947 | #1,255 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,941 | 19 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 |
| 1942 | #1,037 | 57 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,737 | 11 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #2,256 | 16 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,946 | 20 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 |
| 1921 | #2,633 | 13 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,498 | 12 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | — | |
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| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Madelaine! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1905, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Madelaine is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#865 · 1 in 5,843
- Michigan#1,186 · 1 in 10,259
- Texas#1,317 · 1 in 11,325
- California#2,255 · 1 in 27,382
Best ever in a state: #246 in Connecticut, 1942.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #865 | 5 | 1 in 5,843 |
| Michigan | #1,186 | 5 | 1 in 10,259 |
| Texas | #1,317 | 13 | 1 in 11,325 |
| California | #2,255 | 8 | 1 in 27,382 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Madelaine
- 90 spots since 2024 (#5,148 → #5,238)
- 785 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #5,238)
- 595 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #5,238)
- Debuted 1901
- Peaked 1942 at #1,037 (57 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,848 girls born in 1998 were named Madelaine (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 66,969 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,037 in 1942, was only 1 in 23,697 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.7% of all girls named Madelaine (940) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 21 | #1,136 (1901) | #1,583 |
| 1910s | 88 | #2,191 (1911) | #2,631 |
| 1920s | 163 | #1,944 (1923) | #2,260 |
| 1930s | 56 | #2,581 (1931) | #3,271 |
| 1940s | 304 | #1,037 (1942) | #1,774 |
| 1950s | 179 | #1,921 (1951) | #2,719 |
| 1960s | 84 | #3,774 (1969) | #4,694 |
| 1970s | 109 | #3,177 (1972) | #5,704 |
| 1980s | 213 | #2,478 (1989) | #4,434 |
| 1990s | 940 | #1,438 (1998) | #1,676 |
| 2000s | 735 | #1,776 (2000) | #2,497 |
| 2010s | 335 | #2,870 (2010) | #4,628 |
| 2020s | 171 | #4,167 (2021) | #4,743 |
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.
Madelaine in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
More about 1999
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1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 20,389 of them was named Madelaine, which outranked 89.2% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,804Shakayla88
- #1,804Stefany88
- #1,804Teanna88
- #1,828Madelaine87
- #1,828Alix87
- #1,828Angelia87
- #1,828Averie87
- #1,844Aline86
- #1,844Anneliese86
- #1,844Azucena86
Tied with 15 names at #1,828; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.