Madeline
#81 for girls in 2025, 3,086 births · Last seen for boys in 2018 at #12,156
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1998 · 5,869 births
- Debut · girls
- 22 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 31 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 207,385since 1880
Madeline over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #81 | 3,086 | — | |
| 2024 | #86 | 2,922 | — | |
| 2023 | #95 | 2,733 | — | |
| 2022 | #102 | 2,700 | — | |
| 2021 | #95 | 2,747 | — | |
| 2020 | #96 | 2,800 | — | |
| 2019 | #98 | 2,861 | — | |
| 2018 | #100 | 2,918 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #99 | 2,966 | — | |
| 2016 | #90 | 3,280 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #91 | 3,339 | — | |
| 2014 | #89 | 3,445 | — | |
| 2013 | #90 | 3,371 | — | |
| 2012 | #96 | 3,162 | — | |
| 2011 | #85 | 3,429 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #77 | 3,604 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #64 | 4,300 | — | |
| 2008 | #56 | 4,820 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #61 | 4,705 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #71 | 4,477 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #70 | 4,528 | #7,640 | 9 |
| 2004 | #63 | 4,767 | #4,793 | 17 |
| 2003 | #61 | 4,976 | #5,271 | 14 |
| 2002 | #56 | 5,114 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #56 | 5,222 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #56 | 5,371 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #70 | 4,572 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #50 | 5,869 | — | |
| 1997 | #59 | 5,313 | — | |
| 1996 | #67 | 4,912 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #79 | 4,430 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #92 | 3,518 | — | |
| 1993 | #127 | 2,610 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #138 | 2,269 | — | |
| 1991 | #151 | 1,980 | — | |
| 1990 | #198 | 1,494 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #237 | 1,167 | #3,446 | 16 |
| 1988 | #274 | 917 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #280 | 875 | — | |
| 1986 | #290 | 854 | — | |
| 1985 | #523 | 382 | — | |
| 1984 | #618 | 288 | — | |
| 1983 | #646 | 266 | — | |
| 1982 | #676 | 260 | — | |
| 1981 | #678 | 256 | — | |
| 1980 | #721 | 232 | — | |
| 1979 | #717 | 234 | — | |
| 1978 | #698 | 227 | — | |
| 1977 | #659 | 242 | — | |
| 1976 | #616 | 254 | — | |
| 1975 | #596 | 270 | — | |
| 1974 | #601 | 262 | — | |
| 1973 | #536 | 312 | — | |
| 1972 | #591 | 271 | — | |
| 1971 | #566 | 313 | — | |
| 1970 | #534 | 354 | — | |
| 1969 | #519 | 358 | — | |
| 1968 | #512 | 362 | — | |
| 1967 | #470 | 405 | — | |
| 1966 | #457 | 424 | — | |
| 1965 | #438 | 464 | — | |
| 1964 | #428 | 526 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #429 | 511 | — | |
| 1962 | #396 | 582 | — | |
| 1961 | #408 | 570 | — | |
| 1960 | #399 | 573 | — | |
| 1959 | #385 | 609 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #376 | 588 | — | |
| 1957 | #408 | 514 | — | |
| 1956 | #370 | 566 | — | |
| 1955 | #353 | 602 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #356 | 588 | — | |
| 1953 | #329 | 636 | — | |
| 1952 | #315 | 661 | — | |
| 1951 | #288 | 747 | — | |
| 1950 | #280 | 759 | — | |
| 1949 | #253 | 901 | — | |
| 1948 | #244 | 939 | — | |
| 1947 | #243 | 972 | — | |
| 1946 | #235 | 926 | — | |
| 1945 | #237 | 782 | — | |
| 1944 | #218 | 907 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #194 | 1,107 | — | |
| 1942 | #177 | 1,254 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #201 | 940 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #200 | 874 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #199 | 888 | — | |
| 1938 | #207 | 847 | — | |
| 1937 | #220 | 754 | — | |
| 1936 | #224 | 727 | — | |
| 1935 | #235 | 714 | — | |
| 1934 | #221 | 795 | — | |
| 1933 | #209 | 822 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #202 | 900 | — | |
| 1931 | #199 | 925 | — | |
| 1930 | #173 | 1,144 | #2,781 | 9 |
| 1929 | #173 | 1,181 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #167 | 1,253 | — | |
| 1927 | #163 | 1,373 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #163 | 1,397 | — | |
| 1925 | #158 | 1,506 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #150 | 1,746 | — | |
| 1923 | #143 | 1,756 | — | |
| 1922 | #143 | 1,732 | — | |
| 1921 | #139 | 1,835 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #138 | 1,779 | — | |
| 1919 | #139 | 1,659 | — | |
| 1918 | #135 | 1,746 | — | |
| 1917 | #127 | 1,728 | — | |
| 1916 | #131 | 1,644 | — | |
| 1915 | #121 | 1,670 | — | |
| 1914 | #116 | 1,381 | — | |
| 1913 | #117 | 1,084 | — | |
| 1912 | #124 | 942 | — | |
| 1911 | #133 | 628 | — | |
| 1910 | #145 | 560 | — | |
| 1909 | #153 | 466 | — | |
| 1908 | #147 | 457 | — | |
| 1907 | #147 | 449 | — | |
| 1906 | #141 | 418 | — | |
| 1905 | #145 | 412 | — | |
| 1904 | #143 | 393 | — | |
| 1903 | #137 | 400 | — | |
| 1902 | #149 | 355 | — | |
| 1901 | #147 | 341 | — | |
| 1900 | #149 | 389 | — | |
| 1899 | #148 | 316 | — | |
| 1898 | #149 | 337 | — | |
| 1897 | #157 | 290 | — | |
| 1896 | #159 | 279 | — | |
| 1895 | #174 | 237 | — | |
| 1894 | #182 | 214 | — | |
| 1893 | #184 | 190 | — | |
| 1892 | #200 | 158 | — | |
| 1891 | #211 | 125 | — | |
| 1890 | #254 | 96 | — | |
| 1889 | #248 | 88 | — | |
| 1888 | #259 | 80 | — | |
| 1887 | #292 | 53 | — | |
| 1886 | #311 | 45 | — | |
| 1885 | #317 | 41 | — | |
| 1884 | #273 | 51 | — | |
| 1883 | #320 | 31 | — | |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 | — | |
| 1881 | #447 | 14 | — | |
| 1880 | #342 | 22 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Madeline was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.
See more about Madeline
- 5 spots since 2024 (#86 → #81)
- 15 spots since 2020 (#96 → #81)
- 10 spots since 2015 (#91 → #81)
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1986 (#523 → #290)
- Biggest drop: 105 spots in 1881 (#342 → #447)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1998 at #50 (5,869 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 31 yrs · run 1994–2021
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 301 girls born in 1998 were named Madeline (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 521 girls born in 2025 (0.19%)
- 23.3% of all girls named Madeline (48,280) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #116 (1914) → #721 (1980) → #50 (1998)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 454 | #248 (1889) | #314 |
| 1890s | 2,242 | #148 (1899) | #182 |
| 1900s | 4,080 | #137 (1903) | #146 |
| 1910s | 13,042 | #116 (1914) | #129 |
| 1920s | 15,558 | #138 (1920) | #154 |
| 1930s | 8,516 | #173 (1930) | #209 |
| 1940s | 9,602 | #177 (1942) | #220 |
| 1950s | 6,270 | #280 (1950) | #346 |
| 1960s | 4,775 | #396 (1962) | #446 |
| 1970s | 2,739 | #534 (1970) | #611 |
| 1980s | 5,497 | #237 (1989) | #494 |
| 1990s | 36,967 | #50 (1998) | #103 |
| 2000s | 48,280 | #56 (2000) | #61 |
| 2010s | 32,375 | #77 (2010) | #92 |
| 2020s | 16,988 | #81 (2025) | #93 |
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.
Madeline in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 1,308 of them was named Madeline, which outranked 96.0% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 231,834 of them was named Madeline, which outranked 12.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.