Girls' name · since 1915
Madaleine
Madaleine has 206 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
206 girls have been named Madaleine since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Madaleine has 206 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2017.
- #19,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 206 born since 1915
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Madaleine ranks #19,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 206 born since 1915, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1915
- 2000s
- peak decade
Madaleine's 206 recorded births place it above 72.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Madaleine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Madaleine's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Madaleine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2017
- Peak year (1997)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Madaleine by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Madaleine's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Madaleine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
79 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (41% of all-time use).
Madaleine by state
Where Madaleine concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 206 births nationwide.
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- Madaleine's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (85 total births) through the 2010s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Madaleines (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Madaleine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1915–2017 (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 Madaleine 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.