Madeleine

#454 for girls in 2025, 679 births · Last seen for boys in 2014 at #12,108
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1998 · 1,424 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
45,722
since 1881

Madeleine over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Madeleine has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #217, 1998girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#454679—
2024#440707—
2023#444689—
2022#383820—
2021#382819—
2020#397784—
2019#369864—
2018#377832—
2017#367848—
2016#350956—
2015#3031,067—
2014#2831,149#12,1085
2013#2771,144—
2012#2911,091—
2011#322980—
2010#321993—
2009#3291,000—
2008#2721,252—
2007#2921,163—
2006#337980—
2005#330969—
2004#332960—
2003#324963—
2002#2921,069—
2001#2811,118—
2000#2801,154—
1999#2741,141—
1998#2171,424—
1997#2311,301—
1996#2621,086—
1995#281988—
1994#293923—
1993#385662—
1992#469527—
1991#502473—
1990#576402—
1989#713278#4,81110
1988#780241—
1987#805217—
1986#955165—
1985#1,36595—
1984#1,53574—
1983#1,60869—
1982#2,22045—
1981#2,15847—
1980#1,96454—
1979#2,14746—
1978#2,23741—
1977#2,25740—
1976#2,48632—
1975#2,06042—
1974#2,02941—
1973#2,06439—
1972#1,98940—
1971#2,03541—
1970#2,12038—
1969#1,87144—
1968#1,74945—
1967#1,38263—
1966#1,35165—
1965#1,18782—
1964#1,21982—
1963#1,056103—
1962#1,024110—
1961#1,036111—
1960#1,073100—
1959#933126—
1958#1,06996—
1957#984111—
1956#885127—
1955#858128—
1954#852123—
1953#760144—
1952#733146—
1951#715149—
1950#616186—
1949#567217—
1948#544231—
1947#580217—
1946#586186—
1945#584157—
1944#624138—
1943#503219—
1942#427285—
1941#485208—
1940#497194—
1939#484192—
1938#525166—
1937#544150—
1936#611116—
1935#646102—
1934#667101—
1933#582122—
1932#624114—
1931#575132—
1930#592135—
1929#516172—
1928#531172—
1927#491202—
1926#461222—
1925#461223—
1924#464224—
1923#486202—
1922#436237—
1921#442242—
1920#448225—
1919#531166—
1918#510180—
1917#528160—
1916#524157—
1915#464177—
1914#431157—
1913#460118—
1912#406130—
1911#47376—
1910#57052—
1909#46366—
1908#50751—
1907#57241—
1906#45357—
1905#53641—
1904#45651—
1903#44252—
1902#46744—
1901#44145—
1900#43758—
1899#40851—
1898#44647—
1897#44943—
1896#41748—
1895#39152—
1894#40448—
1893#44935—
1892#42839—
1891#40138—
1890#46232—
1889#68714—
1888#50325—
1887#48921—
1886#69311—
1885#7938—
1884#55614—
1883#8176—
1882——
1881#8305—
1880——
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Madeleine! It came in at #830, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Madeleine is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Madeleine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 14 spots since 2024 (#440 → #454)
  • 57 spots since 2020 (#397 → #454)
  • 151 spots since 2015 (#303 → #454)
  • Biggest jump: 410 spots in 1986 (#1,365 → #955)
  • Biggest drop: 237 spots in 1885 (#556 → #793)
Rise & fade · girls
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1998 at #217 (1,424 births)
  • Births halved by 2023, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 117 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 117 yrs · run 1883–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,241
  • Highest: 1 in 1,241 girls born in 1998 were named Madeleine (0.08%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,367 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 23.2% of all girls named Madeleine (10,628) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s104#489 (1887)#671
1890s433#391 (1895)#426
1900s506#437 (1900)#477
1910s1,373#406 (1912)#490
1920s2,121#436 (1922)#474
1930s1,330#484 (1939)#585
1940s2,052#427 (1942)#540
1950s1,336#616 (1950)#841
1960s805#1,024 (1962)#1,295
1970s400#1,989 (1972)#2,142
1980s1,285#713 (1989)#1,410
1990s8,927#217 (1998)#349
2000s10,628#272 (2008)#307
2010s9,924#277 (2013)#326
2020s4,498#382 (2021)#417

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.

Madeleine in 1891

girls
#401
38 births · 1 in 4,881 girls

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #401Madeleine38
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 4,881 of them was named Madeleine, which outranked 73.8% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Madeleine
  1. #395Margret39
  2. #395Sudie39
  3. #395Una39
  4. #401Madeleine38
  5. #401Ellie38
  6. #401Mazie38
  7. #404Adelia37
  8. #404Bella37
  9. #404Berta37

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 588Aurore#1,338 → #750
  2. ↑ 588Zelpha#1,338 → #750
  3. ↑ 499Leva#1,338 → #839
  4. ↑ 499Vira#1,338 → #839
  5. ↑ 483Sister#1,210 → #727
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Prudie#758 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 571Delila#642 → #1,213
  3. ↓ 541Elmina#791 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 541Tinnie#791 → #1,332
  5. ↓ 520Dorcas#693 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891 →