Madaline
#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births
- Peak · girls
- 1906 · 34 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,990since 1885
Madaline over time
Rank among girls' names. Madaline has never cracked the top 600 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 | #5,917 | 20 |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 |
| 2021 | #5,091 | 25 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 |
| 2019 | #3,923 | 37 |
| 2018 | #4,562 | 30 |
| 2017 | #3,697 | 41 |
| 2016 | #3,139 | 52 |
| 2015 | #3,595 | 43 |
| 2014 | #3,652 | 42 |
| 2013 | #3,076 | 53 |
| 2012 | #3,583 | 44 |
| 2011 | #2,989 | 57 |
| 2010 | #2,386 | 79 |
| 2009 | #2,227 | 88 |
| 2008 | #2,295 | 85 |
| 2007 | #2,541 | 73 |
| 2006 | #3,017 | 56 |
| 2005 | #2,345 | 76 |
| 2004 | #2,345 | 73 |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 |
| 2002 | #2,228 | 74 |
| 2001 | #1,901 | 91 |
| 2000 | #2,089 | 78 |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 |
| 1998 | #2,026 | 73 |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 |
| 1996 | #1,881 | 77 |
| 1995 | #2,516 | 50 |
| 1994 | #4,016 | 26 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 |
| 1986 | #5,459 | 13 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 |
| 1959 | #2,458 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 |
| 1954 | #2,240 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #1,583 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 |
| 1948 | #1,598 | 34 |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,698 | 24 |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 |
| 1942 | #1,325 | 37 |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 |
| 1936 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 |
| 1934 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1932 | #1,213 | 35 |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 |
| 1930 | #956 | 58 |
| 1929 | #1,003 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 |
| 1926 | #911 | 67 |
| 1925 | #853 | 76 |
| 1924 | #777 | 92 |
| 1923 | #729 | 99 |
| 1922 | #750 | 95 |
| 1921 | #728 | 102 |
| 1920 | #690 | 111 |
| 1919 | #735 | 91 |
| 1918 | #666 | 114 |
| 1917 | #641 | 112 |
| 1916 | #750 | 82 |
| 1915 | #704 | 89 |
| 1914 | #726 | 62 |
| 1913 | #741 | 50 |
| 1912 | #795 | 39 |
| 1911 | #714 | 37 |
| 1910 | #859 | 25 |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 |
| 1908 | #709 | 30 |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 |
| 1906 | #611 | 34 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #853 | 18 |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #676 | 28 |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 |
| 1897 | #761 | 17 |
| 1896 | #670 | 22 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Madaline! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Madaline is popular in 1918
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#194 · 1 in 1,171
- Maryland#237 · 1 in 2,291
- Pennsylvania#369 · 1 in 6,223
- Massachusetts#373 · 1 in 6,156
- Iowa#403 · 1 in 4,401
Best ever in a state: #194 in West Virginia, 1918.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #194 | 15 | 1 in 1,171 |
| Maryland | #237 | 6 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Pennsylvania | #369 | 16 | 1 in 6,223 |
| Massachusetts | #373 | 6 | 1 in 6,156 |
| Iowa | #403 | 5 | 1 in 4,401 |
| Michigan | #447 | 6 | 1 in 6,108 |
| Ohio | #520 | 6 | 1 in 9,086 |
| Illinois | #581 | 6 | 1 in 10,331 |
| New York | #628 | 6 | 1 in 16,860 |
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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 Madaline
- 1,444 spots since 2024 (#4,473 → #5,917)
- 166 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #5,917)
- 2,322 spots since 2015 (#3,595 → #5,917)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1906 (#900 → #611)
- Biggest drop: 218 spots in 1932 (#995 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1906 at #611 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 46 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1894–1926
- Highest: 1 in 8,685 girls born in 1906 were named Madaline (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.9% of all girls named Madaline (794) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,047 (1885) | #1,047 |
| 1890s | 126 | #670 (1896) | #864 |
| 1900s | 255 | #611 (1906) | #733 |
| 1910s | 701 | #641 (1917) | #733 |
| 1920s | 794 | #690 (1920) | #860 |
| 1930s | 364 | #956 (1930) | #1,242 |
| 1940s | 330 | #1,325 (1942) | #1,484 |
| 1950s | 255 | #1,495 (1950) | #2,216 |
| 1960s | 144 | #2,246 (1960) | #3,565 |
| 1970s | 101 | #3,943 (1971) | #5,354 |
| 1980s | 97 | #3,983 (1987) | #7,072 |
| 1990s | 430 | #1,881 (1996) | #3,358 |
| 2000s | 765 | #1,901 (2001) | #2,333 |
| 2010s | 478 | #2,386 (2010) | #3,460 |
| 2020s | 145 | #4,473 (2024) | #5,317 |
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.
Madaline in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 10,155 of them was named Madaline, which outranked 88.1% 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).
- #661Gilda115
- #661Lovie115
- #661Vincenza115
- #666Madaline114
- #666Almeda114
- #666Earlene114
- #666Joe114
- #671Aletha113
- #671Alvera113
- #671Bethel113
Tied with 4 names at #666; 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.