Madelaine
Madelaine is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1998119 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1901
- 3,373people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,373 girls have been named Madelaine in the United States since 1901, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 119 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 28%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madelaine | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 21 | |
| 1910s | 88 | |
| 1920s | 163 | |
| 1930s | 56 | |
| 1940s | 304 | |
| 1950s | 179 | |
| 1960s | 84 | |
| 1970s | 109 | |
| 1980s | 213 | |
| 1990s | 940 | |
| 2000s | 734 | |
| 2010s | 335 | |
| 2020s | 147 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Madelaine was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1998 were Emily, Hannah, Samantha, Sarah and Ashley. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Madelaine
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Micaelapeak 1995
- Sheridanpeak 2001
- Mercedespeak 1991
- Marenapeak 1994
- Ilsepeak 1993
- Marinapeak 1994
- Cydneypeak 1998
- Guadalupepeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.