Meaning not yet researched.
Madeleine: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 679 in 2025. Its best rank was #217 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #217 in 1998; #455 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Madeleine in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#455 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #217.
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Madeleine: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 679 girls in 2025. Peak: #217 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 1,424 (1998).
In 2025, 679 US girls were named Madeleine, making it the 455th most common girls’ name of the year, down 14 places from #441 in 2024. That is 28 fewer than the 707 girls named Madeleine in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #217, reached in 1998. That year also had the most girls given the name: 1,424. For comparison, it was #303 in 2015 and #618 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Madeleine in 144 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 5 babies. In all, 45,737 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 10,628 babies named Madeleine.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,998 US girls were named Madeleine; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 956. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,367 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Madeleine ranked highest in District of Columbia in 2025, at #84 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Magdalena (19,783 babies since 1880), Magdalene (9,994 babies since 1880), Madelaine (3,398 babies since 1880) and Magdalen (3,267 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Maddalena are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Finnish and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Maddalena (881).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Madeleine in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 20 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | 9 | #84 | #84 |
| Massachusetts | 24 | #240 | #174 |
| Connecticut | 14 | #243 | #176 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #280 | — |
| Idaho | 7 | #335 | — |
| Texas | 101 | #342 | #266 |
| California | 95 | #344 | #227 |
| Colorado | 18 | #344 | #273 |
| Illinois | 29 | #361 | #282 |
| Washington | 20 | #364 | #163 |
| Utah | 12 | #377 | #443 |
| Virginia | 21 | #393 | #154 |
| New Jersey | 20 | #398 | #226 |
| Oregon | 9 | #417 | #271 |
| New York | 41 | #424 | #296 |
| Nevada | 6 | #478 | #348 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #479 | #387 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #481 | #493 |
| Maryland | 11 | #489 | #275 |
| Florida | 37 | #495 | #486 |
| South Carolina | 10 | #502 | #413 |
| North Carolina | 22 | #503 | #470 |
| Minnesota | 10 | #529 | #439 |
| Michigan | 15 | #535 | #432 |
| Georgia | 20 | #556 | #399 |
| Arizona | 11 | #613 | #278 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #635 | #434 |
| Missouri | 8 | #699 | #434 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #753 | #505 |
| Indiana | 8 | #773 | #502 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,227 | #473 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 679 | #455 | — | — |
| 2024 | 707 | #441 | — | — |
| 2023 | 689 | #444 | — | — |
| 2022 | 820 | #383 | — | — |
| 2021 | 819 | #382 | — | — |
| 2020 | 784 | #398 | — | — |
| 2019 | 864 | #369 | — | — |
| 2018 | 832 | #378 | — | — |
| 2017 | 848 | #367 | — | — |
| 2016 | 956 | #350 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,067 | #303 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,149 | #284 | 5 | #13,304 |
| 2013 | 1,144 | #277 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,091 | #292 | — | — |
| 2011 | 980 | #322 | — | — |
| 2010 | 993 | #321 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,000 | #329 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,252 | #272 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,163 | #292 | — | — |
| 2006 | 980 | #337 | — | — |
| 2005 | 969 | #330 | — | — |
| 2004 | 960 | #332 | — | — |
| 2003 | 963 | #324 | — | — |
| 2002 | 1,069 | #292 | — | — |
| 2001 | 1,118 | #281 | — | — |
| 2000 | 1,154 | #280 | — | — |
| 1999 | 1,141 | #274 | — | — |
| 1998 | 1,424 | #217 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,301 | #231 | — | — |
| 1996 | 1,086 | #262 | — | — |
| 1995 | 988 | #281 | — | — |
| 1994 | 923 | #294 | — | — |
| 1993 | 662 | #385 | — | — |
| 1992 | 527 | #469 | — | — |
| 1991 | 473 | #502 | — | — |
| 1990 | 402 | #577 | — | — |
| 1989 | 278 | #716 | 10 | #5,040 |
| 1988 | 241 | #783 | — | — |
| 1987 | 217 | #809 | — | — |
| 1986 | 165 | #956 | — | — |
| 1985 | 95 | #1,369 | — | — |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,545 | — | — |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,619 | — | — |
| 1982 | 45 | #2,238 | — | — |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,178 | — | — |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,969 | — | — |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,170 | — | — |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,259 | — | — |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,287 | — | — |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,519 | — | — |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,084 | — | — |
| 1974 | 41 | #2,047 | — | — |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,080 | — | — |
| 1972 | 40 | #2,011 | — | — |
| 1971 | 41 | #2,049 | — | — |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,143 | — | — |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,887 | — | — |
| 1968 | 45 | #1,766 | — | — |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,390 | — | — |
| 1966 | 65 | #1,360 | — | — |
| 1965 | 82 | #1,193 | — | — |
| 1964 | 82 | #1,223 | — | — |
| 1963 | 103 | #1,060 | — | — |
| 1962 | 110 | #1,028 | — | — |
| 1961 | 111 | #1,042 | — | — |
| 1960 | 100 | #1,078 | — | — |
| 1959 | 126 | #933 | — | — |
| 1958 | 96 | #1,072 | — | — |
| 1957 | 111 | #986 | — | — |
| 1956 | 127 | #887 | — | — |
| 1955 | 128 | #861 | — | — |
| 1954 | 123 | #856 | — | — |
| 1953 | 144 | #765 | — | — |
| 1952 | 146 | #734 | — | — |
| 1951 | 149 | #717 | — | — |
| 1950 | 186 | #618 | — | — |
| 1949 | 217 | #569 | — | — |
| 1948 | 231 | #544 | — | — |
| 1947 | 217 | #581 | — | — |
| 1946 | 186 | #586 | — | — |
| 1945 | 157 | #584 | — | — |
| 1944 | 138 | #624 | — | — |
| 1943 | 219 | #503 | — | — |
| 1942 | 285 | #428 | — | — |
| 1941 | 208 | #486 | — | — |
| 1940 | 194 | #497 | — | — |
| 1939 | 192 | #485 | — | — |
| 1938 | 166 | #526 | — | — |
| 1937 | 150 | #546 | — | — |
| 1936 | 116 | #613 | — | — |
| 1935 | 102 | #652 | — | — |
| 1934 | 101 | #668 | — | — |
| 1933 | 122 | #582 | — | — |
| 1932 | 114 | #628 | — | — |
| 1931 | 132 | #575 | — | — |
| 1930 | 135 | #592 | — | — |
| 1929 | 172 | #518 | — | — |
| 1928 | 172 | #533 | — | — |
| 1927 | 202 | #491 | — | — |
| 1926 | 222 | #462 | — | — |
| 1925 | 223 | #461 | — | — |
| 1924 | 224 | #465 | — | — |
| 1923 | 202 | #487 | — | — |
| 1922 | 237 | #438 | — | — |
| 1921 | 242 | #443 | — | — |
| 1920 | 225 | #449 | — | — |
| 1919 | 166 | #531 | — | — |
| 1918 | 180 | #511 | — | — |
| 1917 | 160 | #528 | — | — |
| 1916 | 157 | #528 | — | — |
| 1915 | 177 | #464 | — | — |
| 1914 | 157 | #433 | — | — |
| 1913 | 118 | #460 | — | — |
| 1912 | 130 | #408 | — | — |
| 1911 | 76 | #475 | — | — |
| 1910 | 52 | #575 | — | — |
| 1909 | 66 | #464 | — | — |
| 1908 | 51 | #509 | — | — |
| 1907 | 41 | #577 | — | — |
| 1906 | 57 | #456 | — | — |
| 1905 | 41 | #541 | — | — |
| 1904 | 51 | #458 | — | — |
| 1903 | 52 | #445 | — | — |
| 1902 | 44 | #471 | — | — |
| 1901 | 45 | #445 | — | — |
| 1900 | 58 | #438 | — | — |
| 1899 | 51 | #410 | — | — |
| 1898 | 47 | #446 | — | — |
| 1897 | 43 | #452 | — | — |
| 1896 | 48 | #419 | — | — |
| 1895 | 52 | #391 | — | — |
| 1894 | 48 | #405 | — | — |
| 1893 | 35 | #451 | — | — |
| 1892 | 39 | #433 | — | — |
| 1891 | 38 | #402 | — | — |
| 1890 | 32 | #464 | — | — |
| 1889 | 14 | #705 | — | — |
| 1888 | 25 | #507 | — | — |
| 1887 | 21 | #495 | — | — |
| 1886 | 11 | #718 | — | — |
| 1885 | 8 | #827 | — | — |
| 1884 | 14 | #574 | — | — |
| 1883 | 6 | #879 | — | — |
| 1881 | 5 | #905 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).