Madeline
Madeline is ranked 87th among girls in 2024 (2,907 births). Its best rank was 50th, in 1998.
- Rank in 2024
- #87up 7 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2,9070.18% of girls
- Peak year
- 19985,869 births
- Best rank
- #50in 1998
- Since 1880
- 204,275people given the name
The story in the numbers
204,275 girls have been named Madeline in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 5,869 births — 0.33% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 89 → 87).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 24%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 30 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Madeline | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 454 | |
| 1890s | 2,242 | |
| 1900s | 4,080 | |
| 1910s | 13,042 | |
| 1920s | 15,558 | |
| 1930s | 8,516 | |
| 1940s | 9,602 | |
| 1950s | 6,270 | |
| 1960s | 4,775 | |
| 1970s | 2,739 | |
| 1980s | 5,497 | |
| 1990s | 36,965 | |
| 2000s | 48,280 | |
| 2010s | 32,372 | |
| 2020s | 13,883 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Madeline was the 50th most given girl’s name 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 Madeline
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ysabelpeak 1998
- Isabelpeak 2006
- Madeleinepeak 1998
- Catarinapeak 2023
- Clairepeak 2016
- Mariannapeak 2006
- Berenicepeak 1995
- Aileenpeak 2009
Other spellings in the data
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.