Madelon
- Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,787since 1897
Madelon over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Madelon has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #10,611 | 10 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,096 | 11 |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,671 | 16 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,489 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 |
| 1946 | #1,467 | 36 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,556 | 23 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,082 | 43 |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 |
| 1930 | #1,434 | 29 |
| 1929 | #1,339 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,619 | 26 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 |
| 1923 | #1,736 | 24 |
| 1922 | #1,269 | 38 |
| 1921 | #1,205 | 41 |
| 1920 | #1,021 | 53 |
| 1919 | #1,103 | 44 |
| 1918 | #1,255 | 36 |
| 1917 | #1,149 | 39 |
| 1916 | #1,227 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,098 | 30 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Madelon! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1898, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Madelon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Madelon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Madelon
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1920 at #1,021 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1923, 3 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 22,609
- Highest: 1 in 22,609 girls born in 1920 were named Madelon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,744 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 19.8% of all girls named Madelon (353) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 13 | #1,181 (1899) | #1,368 |
| 1900s | 74 | #1,152 (1909) | #1,454 |
| 1910s | 272 | #1,098 (1914) | #1,250 |
| 1920s | 353 | #1,021 (1920) | #1,358 |
| 1930s | 253 | #1,082 (1932) | #1,558 |
| 1940s | 345 | #1,162 (1942) | #1,480 |
| 1950s | 163 | #1,679 (1950) | #3,220 |
| 1960s | 54 | #4,019 (1963) | #5,405 |
| 1970s | 10 | #7,995 (1970) | #8,160 |
| 1980s | 27 | #6,531 (1989) | #8,077 |
| 1990s | 103 | #5,583 (1998) | #8,899 |
| 2000s | 88 | #6,487 (2000) | #10,216 |
| 2010s | 32 | #10,859 (2016) | #14,238 |
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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