Madeleine

#454 for girls in 2025, 679 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 1,424 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,722
since 1881

Madeleine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Madeleine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #217, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#454679
2024#440707
2023#444689
2022#383820
2021#382819
2020#397784
2019#369864
2018#377832
2017#367848
2016#350956
2015#3031,067
2014#2831,149#12,1085
2013#2771,144
2012#2911,091
2011#322980
2010#321993
2009#3291,000
2008#2721,252
2007#2921,163
2006#337980
2005#330969
2004#332960
2003#324963
2002#2921,069
2001#2811,118
2000#2801,154
1999#2741,141
1998#2171,424
1997#2311,301
1996#2621,086
1995#281988
1994#293923
1993#385662
1992#469527
1991#502473
1990#576402
1989#713278#4,81110
1988#780241
1987#805217
1986#955165
1985#1,36595
1984#1,53574
1983#1,60869
1982#2,22045
1981#2,15847
1980#1,96454
1979#2,14746
1978#2,23741
1977#2,25740
1976#2,48632
1975#2,06042
1974#2,02941
1973#2,06439
1972#1,98940
1971#2,03541
1970#2,12038
1969#1,87144
1968#1,74945
1967#1,38263
1966#1,35165
1965#1,18782
1964#1,21982
1963#1,056103
1962#1,024110
1961#1,036111
1960#1,073100
1959#933126
1958#1,06996
1957#984111
1956#885127
1955#858128
1954#852123
1953#760144
1952#733146
1951#715149
1950#616186
1949#567217
1948#544231
1947#580217
1946#586186
1945#584157
1944#624138
1943#503219
1942#427285
1941#485208
1940#497194
1939#484192
1938#525166
1937#544150
1936#611116
1935#646102
1934#667101
1933#582122
1932#624114
1931#575132
1930#592135
1929#516172
1928#531172
1927#491202
1926#461222
1925#461223
1924#464224
1923#486202
1922#436237
1921#442242
1920#448225
1919#531166
1918#510180
1917#528160
1916#524157
1915#464177
1914#431157
1913#460118
1912#406130
1911#47376
1910#57052
1909#46366
1908#50751
1907#57241
1906#45357
1905#53641
1904#45651
1903#44252
1902#46744
1901#44145
1900#43758
1899#40851
1898#44647
1897#44943
1896#41748
1895#39152
1894#40448
1893#44935
1892#42839
1891#40138
1890#46232
1889#68714
1888#50325
1887#48921
1886#69311
1885#7938
1884#55614
1883#8176
1882
1881#8305
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Madeleine! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Madeleine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#440#454)
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#397#454)
  • 151 spots since 2015 (#303#454)
  • Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1986 (#1,365#955)
  • Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1885 (#556#793)
Rise & fade · girls
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1998 at #217 (1,424 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 117 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1883–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,241
  • Highest: 1 in 1,241 girls born in 1998 were named Madeleine (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,367 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 23.2% of all girls named Madeleine (10,628) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s104#489 (1887)#671
1890s433#391 (1895)#426
1900s506#437 (1900)#477
1910s1,373#406 (1912)#490
1920s2,121#436 (1922)#474
1930s1,330#484 (1939)#585
1940s2,052#427 (1942)#540
1950s1,336#616 (1950)#841
1960s805#1,024 (1962)#1,295
1970s400#1,989 (1972)#2,142
1980s1,285#713 (1989)#1,410
1990s8,927#217 (1998)#349
2000s10,628#272 (2008)#307
2010s9,924#277 (2013)#326
2020s4,498#382 (2021)#417

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.

Madeleine in 1951

girls
#715
149 births · 1 in 12,086 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #715Madeleine149
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 12,086 of them was named Madeleine, which outranked 88.5% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madeleine
  1. #712Beryl150
  2. #712Deanne150
  3. #712Elnora150
  4. #715Madeleine149
  5. #715Fran149
  6. #715Kris149
  7. #715Odessa149
  8. #719Frieda148
  9. #719Leticia148
  10. #721Janell147

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. 345Rhona#1,333#988
  2. 307Bobbi#1,153#846
  3. 296Ricki#1,090#794
  4. 295Mindy#771#476
  5. 288Sharleen#1,053#765
Fallers
  1. 395Sharman#668#1,063
  2. 343Manuela#773#1,116
  3. 294Allie#945#1,239
  4. 253Merrie#937#1,190
  5. 252Olive#891#1,143

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

See the top 100 for 1951