Madge

Where Madge comes from

The dictionaries list Madge as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #240 among girls — 41 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1898
    Peak, #216
    178 babies named Madge — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1899
    Madge Bellamy born
    American actress
  4. 1938
    Madge Sinclair born
    Jamaican actress
  5. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #941.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name
  • A diminutive of the female given name Margaret
  • A diminutive of the female given name Madonna, of rare usage
Namesakes
  • Madge Bellamy · American actress, 1899–1990
  • Madge Sinclair · Jamaican actress, 1938–1995
  • Madge Syers · British figure skater, 1881–1917
  • Madge Evans · American actress, 1909–1981
  • Madge Kennedy · American actress, 1891–1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.