Madalene
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 42 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,426since 1890
Madalene over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Madalene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,360 | 15 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #3,490 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,410 | 17 |
| 1948 | #2,828 | 13 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,397 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,203 | 14 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #2,024 | 16 |
| 1930 | #2,023 | 17 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1926 | #1,932 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,643 | 27 |
| 1923 | #1,245 | 39 |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 |
| 1921 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1920 | #1,062 | 49 |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 |
| 1918 | #1,333 | 33 |
| 1917 | #1,065 | 44 |
| 1916 | #1,533 | 24 |
| 1915 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 |
| 1913 | #1,274 | 20 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,207 | 14 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Madalene! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Madalene is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Madalene in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Madalene
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,560 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #10,917)
- 2,536 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #10,917)
- 5,502 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1915 at #1,025 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,064
- Highest: 1 in 23,064 girls born in 1919 were named Madalene (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,025 in 1915, was only 1 in 23,425 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 20.5% of all girls named Madalene (292) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 47 | #1,098 (1898) | #1,290 |
| 1900s | 88 | #1,203 (1908) | #1,357 |
| 1910s | 285 | #1,025 (1915) | #1,266 |
| 1920s | 292 | #1,062 (1920) | #1,614 |
| 1930s | 122 | #2,023 (1930) | #2,596 |
| 1940s | 120 | #2,203 (1940) | #2,851 |
| 1950s | 81 | #2,812 (1953) | #3,923 |
| 1960s | 31 | #4,546 (1961) | #5,884 |
| 1970s | 33 | #7,292 (1972) | #8,394 |
| 1980s | 27 | #5,545 (1989) | #8,585 |
| 1990s | 95 | #6,360 (1998) | #9,067 |
| 2000s | 122 | #6,392 (2002) | #9,216 |
| 2010s | 63 | #9,943 (2017) | #12,463 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,917 (2025) | #12,616 |
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.
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