Meaning not yet researched.
Madeline: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 3,086 in 2025. Its best rank was #50 in 1998.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #50 in 1998; #81 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Madeline in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#81 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1998, at #50.
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Madeline: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 3,086 girls in 2025. Peak: #50 in 1998 · most girls in one year: 5,869 (1998).
In 2025, 3,086 US girls were named Madeline, making it the 81st most common girls’ name of the year, up 5 places from #86 in 2024. That is 164 more than the 2,922 girls named Madeline in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #50, reached in 1998. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5,869. For comparison, it was #91 in 2015 and #281 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Madeline in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 22 babies with the name. In all, 207,630 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 48,361 babies named Madeline.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 29,013 US girls were named Madeline; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 3,280. In 2025 that was about 1 in 521 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Madeline ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #33 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 31 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Madelaine (3,398 babies since 1880), Madelyn (116,060 babies since 1880), Madeleine (45,737 babies since 1880) and Madelynn (18,937 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Madelon, Madalene and Madalyne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lena, Maddi, Maddie, Maddy, Madge and Madie.
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.
Rare spellings summarised here: Madelon (1,787), Madalene (1,426), Madalyne (716), Madylin (617), Madeliene (597), Madalin (582), Madilyne (332), Maydelin (218), Madaleine (206), Madelein (203), Maddeline (183), Madelline (154), and more.
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 28 | #33 | #78 |
| Virginia | 110 | #50 | #80 |
| Massachusetts | 97 | #52 | #51 |
| Wyoming | 7 | #52 | — |
| Arizona | 84 | #57 | #121 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | #62 | #99 |
| Connecticut | 39 | #63 | #59 |
| Illinois | 123 | #68 | #79 |
| Texas | 367 | #68 | #93 |
| North Carolina | 125 | #70 | #102 |
| South Carolina | 54 | #70 | #95 |
| New Jersey | 97 | #75 | #70 |
| Nevada | 28 | #75 | #142 |
| Maine | 13 | #77 | #42 |
| California | 348 | #80 | #95 |
| Kentucky | 48 | #83 | #82 |
| Washington | 71 | #83 | #61 |
| Kansas | 34 | #84 | #145 |
| New York | 165 | #84 | #66 |
| Georgia | 97 | #84 | #128 |
| District of Columbia | 9 | #85 | #45 |
| Alabama | 49 | #85 | #137 |
| Colorado | 57 | #88 | #82 |
| Wisconsin | 53 | #88 | #52 |
| Tennessee | 80 | #88 | #111 |
| Pennsylvania | 103 | #92 | #102 |
| Ohio | 103 | #94 | #116 |
| Oklahoma | 37 | #96 | #113 |
| Minnesota | 50 | #100 | #61 |
| Nebraska | 21 | #100 | #119 |
| Maryland | 44 | #100 | #120 |
| Oregon | 33 | #102 | #83 |
| Delaware | 8 | #107 | #77 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #112 | #125 |
| Michigan | 71 | #113 | #89 |
| Arkansas | 24 | #122 | #135 |
| Indiana | 54 | #122 | #104 |
| Missouri | 48 | #125 | #106 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #127 | #207 |
| Florida | 137 | #134 | #123 |
| Louisiana | 30 | #142 | #130 |
| West Virginia | 11 | #146 | #92 |
| Mississippi | 17 | #150 | #148 |
| Iowa | 20 | #164 | #104 |
| Utah | 27 | #168 | #148 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #182 | #122 |
| Montana | 6 | #194 | #112 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #203 | #161 |
| Idaho | 11 | #210 | #114 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,086 | #81 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,922 | #86 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,733 | #95 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,700 | #102 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,747 | #95 | — | — |
| 2020 | 2,800 | #96 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2,861 | #98 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2,918 | #100 | 5 | #13,405 |
| 2017 | 2,966 | #99 | — | — |
| 2016 | 3,280 | #90 | 5 | #13,452 |
| 2015 | 3,339 | #91 | — | — |
| 2014 | 3,445 | #89 | — | — |
| 2013 | 3,371 | #90 | — | — |
| 2012 | 3,162 | #96 | — | — |
| 2011 | 3,429 | #85 | 6 | #11,737 |
| 2010 | 3,604 | #77 | 7 | #10,345 |
| 2009 | 4,300 | #64 | — | — |
| 2008 | 4,820 | #56 | 9 | #8,748 |
| 2007 | 4,705 | #61 | 5 | #13,633 |
| 2006 | 4,477 | #71 | 7 | #10,236 |
| 2005 | 4,528 | #70 | 9 | #8,064 |
| 2004 | 4,767 | #63 | 17 | #4,920 |
| 2003 | 4,976 | #61 | 14 | #5,444 |
| 2002 | 5,114 | #56 | 6 | #10,173 |
| 2001 | 5,222 | #56 | 5 | #11,659 |
| 2000 | 5,371 | #56 | 9 | #7,188 |
| 1999 | 4,572 | #70 | 5 | #10,958 |
| 1998 | 5,869 | #50 | — | — |
| 1997 | 5,313 | #59 | — | — |
| 1996 | 4,912 | #67 | 7 | #7,658 |
| 1995 | 4,430 | #79 | 11 | #5,378 |
| 1994 | 3,518 | #92 | — | — |
| 1993 | 2,610 | #127 | 6 | #8,281 |
| 1992 | 2,269 | #139 | — | — |
| 1991 | 1,980 | #151 | — | — |
| 1990 | 1,494 | #198 | 8 | #6,192 |
| 1989 | 1,167 | #237 | 16 | #3,544 |
| 1988 | 917 | #274 | 7 | #6,194 |
| 1987 | 875 | #280 | — | — |
| 1986 | 854 | #290 | — | — |
| 1985 | 382 | #524 | — | — |
| 1984 | 288 | #620 | — | — |
| 1983 | 266 | #651 | — | — |
| 1982 | 260 | #677 | — | — |
| 1981 | 256 | #678 | — | — |
| 1980 | 232 | #723 | — | — |
| 1979 | 234 | #717 | — | — |
| 1978 | 227 | #699 | — | — |
| 1977 | 242 | #660 | — | — |
| 1976 | 254 | #618 | — | — |
| 1975 | 270 | #597 | — | — |
| 1974 | 262 | #604 | — | — |
| 1973 | 312 | #537 | — | — |
| 1972 | 271 | #591 | — | — |
| 1971 | 313 | #567 | — | — |
| 1970 | 354 | #535 | — | — |
| 1969 | 358 | #519 | — | — |
| 1968 | 362 | #512 | — | — |
| 1967 | 405 | #471 | — | — |
| 1966 | 424 | #458 | — | — |
| 1965 | 464 | #438 | — | — |
| 1964 | 526 | #428 | 5 | #4,405 |
| 1963 | 511 | #429 | — | — |
| 1962 | 582 | #396 | — | — |
| 1961 | 570 | #408 | — | — |
| 1960 | 573 | #399 | — | — |
| 1959 | 609 | #385 | 5 | #4,353 |
| 1958 | 588 | #376 | — | — |
| 1957 | 514 | #408 | — | — |
| 1956 | 566 | #370 | — | — |
| 1955 | 602 | #353 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1954 | 588 | #357 | — | — |
| 1953 | 636 | #329 | — | — |
| 1952 | 661 | #315 | — | — |
| 1951 | 747 | #288 | — | — |
| 1950 | 759 | #281 | — | — |
| 1949 | 901 | #253 | — | — |
| 1948 | 939 | #244 | — | — |
| 1947 | 972 | #243 | — | — |
| 1946 | 926 | #235 | — | — |
| 1945 | 782 | #237 | — | — |
| 1944 | 907 | #218 | 5 | #3,734 |
| 1943 | 1,107 | #194 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,254 | #177 | 9 | #2,637 |
| 1941 | 940 | #201 | 5 | #3,819 |
| 1940 | 874 | #200 | 5 | #3,765 |
| 1939 | 888 | #199 | — | — |
| 1938 | 847 | #207 | — | — |
| 1937 | 754 | #220 | — | — |
| 1936 | 727 | #224 | — | — |
| 1935 | 714 | #235 | — | — |
| 1934 | 795 | #221 | — | — |
| 1933 | 822 | #209 | 5 | #3,965 |
| 1932 | 900 | #202 | — | — |
| 1931 | 925 | #199 | — | — |
| 1930 | 1,144 | #173 | 9 | #2,924 |
| 1929 | 1,181 | #173 | 7 | #3,436 |
| 1928 | 1,253 | #167 | — | — |
| 1927 | 1,373 | #163 | 8 | #3,337 |
| 1926 | 1,397 | #163 | — | — |
| 1925 | 1,506 | #158 | 7 | #3,610 |
| 1924 | 1,746 | #150 | — | — |
| 1923 | 1,756 | #143 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,732 | #143 | — | — |
| 1921 | 1,835 | #139 | 5 | #4,729 |
| 1920 | 1,779 | #138 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,659 | #139 | — | — |
| 1918 | 1,746 | #135 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,728 | #127 | — | — |
| 1916 | 1,644 | #131 | — | — |
| 1915 | 1,670 | #121 | — | — |
| 1914 | 1,381 | #116 | — | — |
| 1913 | 1,084 | #117 | — | — |
| 1912 | 942 | #124 | — | — |
| 1911 | 628 | #133 | — | — |
| 1910 | 560 | #145 | — | — |
| 1909 | 466 | #153 | — | — |
| 1908 | 457 | #147 | — | — |
| 1907 | 449 | #147 | — | — |
| 1906 | 418 | #141 | — | — |
| 1905 | 412 | #145 | — | — |
| 1904 | 393 | #143 | — | — |
| 1903 | 400 | #137 | — | — |
| 1902 | 355 | #150 | — | — |
| 1901 | 341 | #147 | — | — |
| 1900 | 389 | #149 | — | — |
| 1899 | 316 | #148 | — | — |
| 1898 | 337 | #149 | — | — |
| 1897 | 290 | #157 | — | — |
| 1896 | 279 | #159 | — | — |
| 1895 | 237 | #174 | — | — |
| 1894 | 214 | #182 | — | — |
| 1893 | 190 | #184 | — | — |
| 1892 | 158 | #201 | — | — |
| 1891 | 125 | #213 | — | — |
| 1890 | 96 | #256 | — | — |
| 1889 | 88 | #250 | — | — |
| 1888 | 80 | #259 | — | — |
| 1887 | 53 | #294 | — | — |
| 1886 | 45 | #314 | — | — |
| 1885 | 41 | #319 | — | — |
| 1884 | 51 | #274 | — | — |
| 1883 | 31 | #321 | — | — |
| 1882 | 29 | #333 | — | — |
| 1881 | 14 | #461 | — | — |
| 1880 | 22 | #347 | — | — |
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).