Madge
Last seen for girls in 2016 at #16,215
- Peak · girls
- 1898 · 178 births
- Debut · girls
- 41 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,430since 1880
Madge over time
Rank among girls' names. Madge has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
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| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
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| 2011 | — | |
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| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #3,733 | 12 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,628 | 44 |
| 1956 | #1,339 | 60 |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 |
| 1954 | #1,367 | 54 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 63 |
| 1951 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 |
| 1949 | #1,154 | 62 |
| 1948 | #930 | 87 |
| 1947 | #1,021 | 75 |
| 1946 | #979 | 73 |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 |
| 1944 | #747 | 104 |
| 1943 | #816 | 90 |
| 1942 | #773 | 96 |
| 1941 | #719 | 96 |
| 1940 | #622 | 127 |
| 1939 | #655 | 107 |
| 1938 | #640 | 115 |
| 1937 | #585 | 132 |
| 1936 | #590 | 125 |
| 1935 | #556 | 132 |
| 1934 | #482 | 175 |
| 1933 | #483 | 174 |
| 1932 | #478 | 191 |
| 1931 | #465 | 193 |
| 1930 | #465 | 209 |
| 1929 | #465 | 203 |
| 1928 | #391 | 292 |
| 1927 | #414 | 273 |
| 1926 | #378 | 325 |
| 1925 | #387 | 314 |
| 1924 | #352 | 379 |
| 1923 | #338 | 373 |
| 1922 | #329 | 397 |
| 1921 | #315 | 428 |
| 1920 | #302 | 464 |
| 1919 | #306 | 428 |
| 1918 | #298 | 463 |
| 1917 | #297 | 435 |
| 1916 | #294 | 418 |
| 1915 | #301 | 378 |
| 1914 | #308 | 288 |
| 1913 | #292 | 264 |
| 1912 | #296 | 234 |
| 1911 | #269 | 210 |
| 1910 | #261 | 217 |
| 1909 | #267 | 180 |
| 1908 | #241 | 200 |
| 1907 | #268 | 166 |
| 1906 | #250 | 169 |
| 1905 | #232 | 184 |
| 1904 | #237 | 170 |
| 1903 | #251 | 146 |
| 1902 | #248 | 154 |
| 1901 | #241 | 143 |
| 1900 | #232 | 184 |
| 1899 | #257 | 122 |
| 1898 | #216 | 178 |
| 1897 | #254 | 125 |
| 1896 | #273 | 109 |
| 1895 | #248 | 126 |
| 1894 | #256 | 115 |
| 1893 | #262 | 105 |
| 1892 | #259 | 104 |
| 1891 | #282 | 78 |
| 1890 | #248 | 100 |
| 1889 | #262 | 80 |
| 1888 | #262 | 77 |
| 1887 | #262 | 65 |
| 1886 | #255 | 66 |
| 1885 | #266 | 55 |
| 1884 | #253 | 59 |
| 1883 | #257 | 49 |
| 1882 | #271 | 41 |
| 1881 | #247 | 41 |
| 1880 | #240 | 41 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Madge was already there! It came in at #240, and was given to 41 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1973, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Madge is popular in 1910
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#77 · 1 in 210
- Missouri#126 · 1 in 546
- Ohio#160 · 1 in 936
- Kentucky#163 · 1 in 760
- Arkansas#169 · 1 in 685
Best ever in a state: #77 in Utah, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #77 | 5 | 1 in 210 |
| Missouri | #126 | 20 | 1 in 546 |
| Ohio | #160 | 16 | 1 in 936 |
| Kentucky | #163 | 14 | 1 in 760 |
| Arkansas | #169 | 11 | 1 in 685 |
| Iowa | #173 | 6 | 1 in 953 |
| Virginia | #177 | 10 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Oklahoma | #178 | 9 | 1 in 808 |
| Kansas | #186 | 5 | 1 in 957 |
| Illinois | #202 | 14 | 1 in 1,314 |
| Indiana | #211 | 5 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Tennessee | #213 | 9 | 1 in 1,164 |
| Georgia | #230 | 10 | 1 in 1,560 |
| North Carolina | #261 | 7 | 1 in 1,801 |
| Alabama | #276 | 7 | 1 in 1,872 |
| Texas | #289 | 13 | 1 in 1,486 |
| Louisiana | #315 | 5 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Pennsylvania | #339 | 6 | 1 in 5,268 |
| New York | #371 | 6 | 1 in 5,405 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Madge
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Biggest jump: 91 spots in 1948 (#1,021 → #930)
- Biggest drop: 224 spots in 1949 (#930 → #1,154)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1898 at #216 (178 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 47 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1880–1946
- Highest: 1 in 1,454 girls born in 1898 were named Madge (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,404 girls born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 25.7% of all girls named Madge (3,448) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 574 | #240 (1880) | #258 |
| 1890s | 1,162 | #216 (1898) | #256 |
| 1900s | 1,696 | #232 (1900) | #247 |
| 1910s | 3,335 | #261 (1910) | #292 |
| 1920s | 3,448 | #302 (1920) | #367 |
| 1930s | 1,553 | #465 (1930) | #540 |
| 1940s | 876 | #622 (1940) | #870 |
| 1950s | 484 | #1,195 (1952) | #1,495 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,863 |
| 1970s | 67 | #5,109 (1972) | #6,582 |
| 1980s | 13 | #7,409 (1981) | #8,963 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,215 |
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.
Madge in 1910
Top girls' names in 1910
More about 1910
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396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 1,827 of them was named Madge, which outranked 90.6% of the 2,790 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.