Madelene
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1914 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,704since 1893
Madelene over time
Rank among girls' names. Madelene has never cracked the top 900 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #8,966 | 12 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #7,436 | 16 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #6,811 | 19 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 |
| 2003 | #5,235 | 23 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 |
| 2001 | #5,009 | 23 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 |
| 1999 | #3,443 | 36 |
| 1998 | #3,914 | 29 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,679 | 14 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,102 | 19 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,172 | 30 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 |
| 1959 | #1,765 | 39 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 |
| 1953 | #2,301 | 21 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 |
| 1946 | #2,153 | 19 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,308 | 32 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,539 | 24 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 |
| 1935 | #1,483 | 25 |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,448 | 27 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 |
| 1930 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 |
| 1926 | #1,262 | 38 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,086 | 52 |
| 1923 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1922 | #1,190 | 42 |
| 1921 | #987 | 57 |
| 1920 | #1,030 | 52 |
| 1919 | #1,075 | 46 |
| 1918 | #969 | 55 |
| 1917 | #1,065 | 44 |
| 1916 | #979 | 49 |
| 1915 | #1,000 | 44 |
| 1914 | #901 | 42 |
| 1913 | #981 | 30 |
| 1912 | #1,252 | 18 |
| 1911 | #1,031 | 18 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Madelene! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Madelene is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#403 · 1 in 4,401
- Ohio#565 · 1 in 10,903
- Illinois#639 · 1 in 12,398
- Pennsylvania#669 · 1 in 19,913
Best ever in a state: #206 in Maine, 1916.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #403 | 5 | 1 in 4,401 |
| Ohio | #565 | 5 | 1 in 10,903 |
| Illinois | #639 | 5 | 1 in 12,398 |
| Pennsylvania | #669 | 5 | 1 in 19,913 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Madelene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 439 spots in 1894 (#1,437 → #998)
- Biggest drop: 428 spots in 1895 (#998 → #1,426)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1914 at #901 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1929, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1913–1916
- Highest: 1 in 18,133 girls born in 1914 were named Madelene (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 15.2% of all girls named Madelene (412) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 52 | #998 (1894) | #1,281 |
| 1900s | 92 | #1,001 (1904) | #1,249 |
| 1910s | 365 | #901 (1914) | #1,025 |
| 1920s | 412 | #987 (1921) | #1,266 |
| 1930s | 245 | #1,308 (1939) | #1,541 |
| 1940s | 231 | #1,649 (1941) | #1,887 |
| 1950s | 259 | #1,733 (1958) | #2,150 |
| 1960s | 222 | #2,172 (1963) | #2,695 |
| 1970s | 158 | #2,830 (1973) | #4,319 |
| 1980s | 67 | #5,912 (1980) | #7,877 |
| 1990s | 245 | #3,152 (1995) | #4,479 |
| 2000s | 210 | #4,527 (2000) | #5,927 |
| 2010s | 106 | #6,904 (2010) | #10,549 |
| 2020s | 40 | #9,056 (2022) | #11,340 |
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.
Madelene in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 21,048 of them was named Madelene, which outranked 82.6% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #960Ozella56
- #960Queenie56
- #960Willia56
- #969Madelene55
- #969Elberta55
- #969Exie55
- #969Gladyce55
- #977Audry54
- #977Emeline54
- #977Ivory54
Tied with 7 names at #969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.