How rare is the name Madeline?

143,899 people in the United States have the first name Madeline, about 1 in 2,099. It ranks #393 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MADELINE

#393

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
143,899
About
1 in 2,099
This common or more
54%
Who bears it

Of the 143,899 people named Madeline, 76.6% reported their origin as White, 14% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Madeline peaked in 1998, when 5,869 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
5,869
In 2025*
3,086 ▼47%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 207,630 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Madeline by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #151. The largest share of babies named Madeline, 35.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#532454
1890s#2632,242
1900s#2104,080
1910s#22013,042
1920s#27315,585
1930s#3878,530
1940s#4019,626
1950s#6286,281
1960s#7924,780
1970s#1,0912,739
1980s#7575,520
1990s#19537,004
2000s#15148,361
2010s#21532,398
2020s#23016,988
Before 19011.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2714.4%
Silent Generation 1928–458.1%
Baby boom 1946–646.2%
Generation X 1965–802.4%
Millennials 1981–9612.8%
Generation Z 1997–1235.8%
2013 and later18.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Madeline is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Madeline has been most common in Vermont (1.9×), Maine (1.9×), and New Hampshire (1.8×), and least common in Wyoming (0.36×).

197,175 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Madeline

#391 Seth · 144,312#392 Tim · 143,982#394 Irene · 143,800#395 Chelsea · 143,411

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Madeline, most common first.

#643 Madelyn · 82,365#1,119 Madeleine · 36,774#2,060 Madelynn · 13,187#4,717 Madelin · 3,852#5,378 Madelaine · 3,204#6,048 Madaline · 2,708#6,266 Madelyne · 2,575#8,981 Madelene · 1,580

Also a last name

As a last name, Madeline ranks #88,925 of 156,621, with 224 people. See Madeline as a last name

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