Girls' name · since 1918
Madalaine
Madalaine has 71 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1918
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madalaine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 71 have been recorded since 1918.
Madalaine has 71 recorded births among girls since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2008.
- #30,975 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1918
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madalaine ranks #30,975 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1918, peaking in the 1990s.
- #30,975 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1918
- 1990s
- peak decade
Madalaine's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Madalaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Madalaine's full recorded timeline at 1996, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1918, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Madalaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2008
- Peak year (2005)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2008.
71 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 9 births in a single year.
Madalaine by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (39 births, 55% of the file).
1990s was Madalaine's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Madalaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (55% of all-time use).
Madalaine decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Madalaine's data
- Madalaine's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2000s (27) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madalaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~90 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Madalaine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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