How rare is the name Madonna?

7,018 people in the United States have the first name Madonna, about 1 in 43,037. It ranks #3,124 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MADONNA

#3,124

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,018
About
1 in 43,037
This common or more
81.7%
Who bears it

Of the 7,018 people named Madonna, 79.2% reported their origin as White, 7.6% as Black and 5.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Madonna peaked in 1954, when 211 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18972025
Peak year
1954
Births that year
211
In 2025*
6 ▼97%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 9,560 babies have been given the name since 1897. 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.

Madonna by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,048. The largest share of babies named Madonna, 36.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1890s#3,7106
1900s#1,98895
1910s#1,505539
1920s#1,2631,120
1930s#1,0481,329
1940s#1,0931,572
1950s#1,2101,867
1960s#1,4481,483
1970s#2,580622
1980s#3,235542
1990s#9,984148
2000s#14,304122
2010s#18,94682
2020s#22,17133
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2715.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4526%
Baby boom 1946–6436.3%
Generation X 1965–8013.1%
Millennials 1981–966.3%
Generation Z 1997–122%
2013 and later1%

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 Madonna is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Madonna has been most common in Iowa (9.5×), Indiana (7.1×), and South Dakota (5.7×), and least common in Texas (0.23×).

6,088 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.

Exactly as common as Madonna

1 other first name also has 7,018 people.

#3,124 Karan · 7,018

Either side of Madonna

#3,123 Valentino · 7,031#3,124 Karan · 7,018#3,126 Corrie · 7,013#3,127 Pamala · 7,012

Spelled almost the same

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

#6,386 Madina · 2,521#28,430 Madona · 316#49,509 Madena · 125

Also a last name

As a last name, Madonna ranks #17,347 of 156,621, with 1,593 people. See Madonna as a last name

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