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
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 1,424 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 45,722since 1881
Madeleine over time
Rank among girls' names. Madeleine has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #454 | 679 | — | |
| 2024 | #440 | 707 | — | |
| 2023 | #444 | 689 | — | |
| 2022 | #383 | 820 | — | |
| 2021 | #382 | 819 | — | |
| 2020 | #397 | 784 | — | |
| 2019 | #369 | 864 | — | |
| 2018 | #377 | 832 | — | |
| 2017 | #367 | 848 | — | |
| 2016 | #350 | 956 | — | |
| 2015 | #303 | 1,067 | — | |
| 2014 | #283 | 1,149 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #277 | 1,144 | — | |
| 2012 | #291 | 1,091 | — | |
| 2011 | #322 | 980 | — | |
| 2010 | #321 | 993 | — | |
| 2009 | #329 | 1,000 | — | |
| 2008 | #272 | 1,252 | — | |
| 2007 | #292 | 1,163 | — | |
| 2006 | #337 | 980 | — | |
| 2005 | #330 | 969 | — | |
| 2004 | #332 | 960 | — | |
| 2003 | #324 | 963 | — | |
| 2002 | #292 | 1,069 | — | |
| 2001 | #281 | 1,118 | — | |
| 2000 | #280 | 1,154 | — | |
| 1999 | #274 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1998 | #217 | 1,424 | — | |
| 1997 | #231 | 1,301 | — | |
| 1996 | #262 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1995 | #281 | 988 | — | |
| 1994 | #293 | 923 | — | |
| 1993 | #385 | 662 | — | |
| 1992 | #469 | 527 | — | |
| 1991 | #502 | 473 | — | |
| 1990 | #576 | 402 | — | |
| 1989 | #713 | 278 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #780 | 241 | — | |
| 1987 | #805 | 217 | — | |
| 1986 | #955 | 165 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,365 | 95 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,220 | 45 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,964 | 54 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,237 | 41 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,257 | 40 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,029 | 41 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,382 | 63 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,187 | 82 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,219 | 82 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,056 | 103 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,024 | 110 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,036 | 111 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,073 | 100 | — | |
| 1959 | #933 | 126 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,069 | 96 | — | |
| 1957 | #984 | 111 | — | |
| 1956 | #885 | 127 | — | |
| 1955 | #858 | 128 | — | |
| 1954 | #852 | 123 | — | |
| 1953 | #760 | 144 | — | |
| 1952 | #733 | 146 | — | |
| 1951 | #715 | 149 | — | |
| 1950 | #616 | 186 | — | |
| 1949 | #567 | 217 | — | |
| 1948 | #544 | 231 | — | |
| 1947 | #580 | 217 | — | |
| 1946 | #586 | 186 | — | |
| 1945 | #584 | 157 | — | |
| 1944 | #624 | 138 | — | |
| 1943 | #503 | 219 | — | |
| 1942 | #427 | 285 | — | |
| 1941 | #485 | 208 | — | |
| 1940 | #497 | 194 | — | |
| 1939 | #484 | 192 | — | |
| 1938 | #525 | 166 | — | |
| 1937 | #544 | 150 | — | |
| 1936 | #611 | 116 | — | |
| 1935 | #646 | 102 | — | |
| 1934 | #667 | 101 | — | |
| 1933 | #582 | 122 | — | |
| 1932 | #624 | 114 | — | |
| 1931 | #575 | 132 | — | |
| 1930 | #592 | 135 | — | |
| 1929 | #516 | 172 | — | |
| 1928 | #531 | 172 | — | |
| 1927 | #491 | 202 | — | |
| 1926 | #461 | 222 | — | |
| 1925 | #461 | 223 | — | |
| 1924 | #464 | 224 | — | |
| 1923 | #486 | 202 | — | |
| 1922 | #436 | 237 | — | |
| 1921 | #442 | 242 | — | |
| 1920 | #448 | 225 | — | |
| 1919 | #531 | 166 | — | |
| 1918 | #510 | 180 | — | |
| 1917 | #528 | 160 | — | |
| 1916 | #524 | 157 | — | |
| 1915 | #464 | 177 | — | |
| 1914 | #431 | 157 | — | |
| 1913 | #460 | 118 | — | |
| 1912 | #406 | 130 | — | |
| 1911 | #473 | 76 | — | |
| 1910 | #570 | 52 | — | |
| 1909 | #463 | 66 | — | |
| 1908 | #507 | 51 | — | |
| 1907 | #572 | 41 | — | |
| 1906 | #453 | 57 | — | |
| 1905 | #536 | 41 | — | |
| 1904 | #456 | 51 | — | |
| 1903 | #442 | 52 | — | |
| 1902 | #467 | 44 | — | |
| 1901 | #441 | 45 | — | |
| 1900 | #437 | 58 | — | |
| 1899 | #408 | 51 | — | |
| 1898 | #446 | 47 | — | |
| 1897 | #449 | 43 | — | |
| 1896 | #417 | 48 | — | |
| 1895 | #391 | 52 | — | |
| 1894 | #404 | 48 | — | |
| 1893 | #449 | 35 | — | |
| 1892 | #428 | 39 | — | |
| 1891 | #401 | 38 | — | |
| 1890 | #462 | 32 | — | |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 | — | |
| 1888 | #503 | 25 | — | |
| 1887 | #489 | 21 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #817 | 6 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1998 at #217 (1,424 births)
- Births halved by 2023, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1883–1957
- 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%)
- 23.2% of all girls named Madeleine (10,628) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 104 | #489 (1887) | #671 |
| 1890s | 433 | #391 (1895) | #426 |
| 1900s | 506 | #437 (1900) | #477 |
| 1910s | 1,373 | #406 (1912) | #490 |
| 1920s | 2,121 | #436 (1922) | #474 |
| 1930s | 1,330 | #484 (1939) | #585 |
| 1940s | 2,052 | #427 (1942) | #540 |
| 1950s | 1,336 | #616 (1950) | #841 |
| 1960s | 805 | #1,024 (1962) | #1,295 |
| 1970s | 400 | #1,989 (1972) | #2,142 |
| 1980s | 1,285 | #713 (1989) | #1,410 |
| 1990s | 8,927 | #217 (1998) | #349 |
| 2000s | 10,628 | #272 (2008) | #307 |
| 2010s | 9,924 | #277 (2013) | #326 |
| 2020s | 4,498 | #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 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 6,631 of them was named Madeleine, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 200,093 of them was named Madeleine, which outranked 47.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,527Yoni11
- #4,527Yvonne11
- #4,527Zeeshan11
- #4,811Madeleine10
- #4,811Agron10
- #4,811Ahsan10
- #4,811Aikeem10
- #5,165Abdallah9
- #5,165Abiel9
- #5,165Abrahim9
Tied with 353 names at #4,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.